Psychological injury of male circumcision: Difference between revisions

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}}</ref> Trivialization of the loss is a frequent defense mechanism. Another is the production of fantasies about the alleged horrors of [[smegma]], [[Pheromone| aroma]], and [[Acroposthion| appearance]].

~~''Anger'' is the second stage of grief~~.<ref name="~~kr1969~~"/> <ref ~~name="cc2022"/~~> Research done since the 1960's forward to the present day has elucidated the nature, functions, and purpose of the [[foreskin]]. Circumcised men are learning what they have lost from the Internet, so they are less able to maintain the ego defense of ''denial of loss'',<ref name="watson2017">{{REFjournal

[[Circumcised]] men are increasingly experiencing anger and rage regarding their harmful involuntary [[circumcision]].<ref name="garner2024">{{REFweb

|url=https://intactamerica.org/author/bryan-garner/

|title=The Circumcision Decision: Unpackaging Anger and Resentment

|last=Garner

|first=Bryan

|init=

|author-link=

|publisher=Intact America

|date=2024-08-26

|accessdate=2024-09-05

}}</ref>'' Research done since the 1960's forward to the present day has elucidated the nature, functions, and purpose of the [[foreskin]]. Circumcised men are learning what they have lost from the Internet, so they are less able to maintain the ego defense of ''denial of loss'',<ref name="watson2017">{{REFjournal

|last=Watson

|first=Lindsay R.

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}}</ref> so they increasingly responding with feelings of anxiety, suicidal thoughts, depression, rage, [[PTSD]] and grief.<ref name="watson2017"/>

}}</ref> so they increasingly responding with feelings of anxiety, [[Suicide| suicidal thoughts]], depression, rage, [[PTSD]] and grief.<ref name="watson2017"/> Anger'' is the second stage of grief.<ref name="kr1969"/> <ref name="cc2022"/>

Uberoi et al. {2022) collected the sentiments of [[circumcised]] men regarding their involuntary, unnecessary [[circumcision]].<ref name="uberoi2022 /> They published a supplement to their article on line in a 67-page Microsoft Word file with statements by 135 men. In many cases, resentment and anger is directed against the parents who failed to protect the [[physical integrity]] of a son.<ref>{{REFweb

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 }}</ref> Trivialization of the loss is a frequent defense mechanism. Another is the production of fantasies about the alleged horrors of [[smegma]], [[Pheromone| aroma]], and [[Acroposthion| appearance]].
-''Anger'' is the second stage of grief.<ref name="kr1969"/> <ref name="cc2022"/> Research done since the 1960's forward to the present day has elucidated the nature, functions, and purpose of the [[foreskin]]. Circumcised men are learning what they have lost from the Internet, so they are less able to maintain the ego defense of ''denial of loss'',<ref name="watson2017">{{REFjournal
+[[Circumcised]] men are increasingly experiencing anger and rage regarding their harmful involuntary [[circumcision]].<ref name="garner2024">{{REFweb
+ |url=https://intactamerica.org/author/bryan-garner/
+ |title=The Circumcision Decision: Unpackaging Anger and Resentment
+ |last=Garner
+ |first=Bryan
+ |init=
+ |author-link=
+ |publisher=Intact America
+ |date=2024-08-26
+ |accessdate=2024-09-05
+}}</ref>'' Research done since the 1960's forward to the present day has elucidated the nature, functions, and purpose of the [[foreskin]]. Circumcised men are learning what they have lost from the Internet, so they are less able to maintain the ego defense of ''denial of loss'',<ref name="watson2017">{{REFjournal
   |last=Watson
   |first=Lindsay R.
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   |DOI=
   |accessdate=2019-12-14
-}}</ref> so they increasingly responding with feelings of anxiety, suicidal thoughts, depression, rage, [[PTSD]] and grief.<ref name="watson2017"/>
+}}</ref> so they increasingly responding with feelings of anxiety, [[Suicide| suicidal thoughts]], depression, rage, [[PTSD]] and grief.<ref name="watson2017"/> Anger'' is the second stage of grief.<ref name="kr1969"/> <ref name="cc2022"/>
 Uberoi et al. {2022) collected the sentiments of [[circumcised]] men regarding their involuntary, unnecessary [[circumcision]].<ref name="uberoi2022 /> They published a supplement to their article on line in a 67-page Microsoft Word file with statements by 135 men. In many cases, resentment and anger is directed against the parents who failed to protect the [[physical integrity]] of a son.<ref>{{REFweb