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''Anger'' is the second stage of grief[[Circumcised]] men are increasingly experiencing anger and rage regarding their harmful involuntary [[circumcision]].<ref name="kr1969garner2024">{{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 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
→Depression, rage, and grief in circumcised men
}}</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]].
|last=Watson
|first=Lindsay R.
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|accessdate=2019-12-14
}}</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