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==Trauma of circumcision==
==Trauma of circumcision==
Bollinger & Chapin (1999) document the extremely painful and traumatic nature of infant circumcision.<ref name="bollinger2019">{{REFdocument
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There is now fairly extensive evidence of the effect of the trauma of non-therapeutic circumcision on behavior later in life.
There is now extensive evidence of the effect of the trauma of non-therapeutic circumcision on behavior later in life.


Glover (1929) reported a case in which the memory of a traumatic circumcision was repressed.<ref name="glover1929">{{REFjournal
Glover (1929) reported a case in which the memory of a traumatic circumcision was repressed.<ref name="glover1929">{{REFjournal