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'''Circumcision advocate''' describes a person who vehemently advocates in favor of medically not necessary, non-therapeutic genital mutilation in children.
'''Circumcision advocate''' describes a person who vehemently advocates in favor of medically not necessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] aka [[foreskin]] [[amputation]] aka [[genital mutilation]] in children.


Some of these people are committed to their sexual fetish as individuals and influence e.g. information available online (example: [[Jake Waskett]]). Others work in groups and denounce, ridicule or stalk [[intactivists]] or spread myths that have long been refuted by science as arguments for [[circumcision]].
== Reasons ==
* Some of these people that advocate [[circumcision]] are have a sexual fetish and are committed to it as individuals and influence e.g. information available online (example: [[Jake Waskett]]).
* Others work in groups and denounce, ridicule or stalk [[intactivists]] or spread myths that have long been refuted by science as arguments for [[circumcision]].
* But many also simply believe that it is the [[Parental rights|legal right of parents]] to choose and allow their sons to have part of their healthy genitalia cut off without any medical necessity.


There is reason to believe that many (perhaps most) circumcision advocates are actually victims of circumcision who suffer from [[Psychological issues of male circumcision#Depression, rage, and grief in circumcised men|denial of loss]].
There is reason to believe that many (perhaps most) circumcision advocates are actually victims of [[circumcision]] who suffer from [[Psychological issues of male circumcision#Depression, rage, and grief in circumcised men|denial of loss]].


== Contradiction in terms ==
== Contradiction in terms ==