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Remennick (2021) reported Jewish men from the former Soviet Union who migrated to [[Israel]] and received their [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]] as sexually active adults were very displeased with their loss of [[Sexual sensation of the foreskin| sexual sensation]]:
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Driven by social pressure and the need to belong, most young men (and their parents) consented to the operation without proper counselling and unaware of its ramifications. Men share their intimate memories of the rapid surgical procedure, painful recuperation, and their belated regrets, both aesthetic and sexual. The willingness to expose their lingering trauma signals evolving concepts of masculinity and vulnerability among these former Soviet men. Their voices join the local and international movement opposing medically-unnecessary genital surgeries of any kind – on men, women and intersex people.<ref name="remennick2021">{{REFjournal
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