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==Was Remondino circumcised?== | ==Was Remondino circumcised?== | ||
Remondino's distaste and dislike for the prepuce or [[foreskin]] prompts one to ask how a man could stand to have prepuce which he detested attached to his body? History does not tell us his circumcision status, but modern psychology may give us a clue. We now know that [[Adamant father syndrome| circumcised men who become fathers]] and [[circumcised doctors]] express a preference for circumcision as Remondino did. Moreover, circumcision is a traumatic procedure.<ref name="taddio1995">{{REFjournal | Remondino's distaste and dislike for the prepuce or [[foreskin]] prompts one to ask how a man could stand to have a prepuce which he detested attached to his body? History does not tell us his circumcision status, but modern psychology may give us a clue. We now know that [[Adamant father syndrome| circumcised men who become fathers]] and [[circumcised doctors]] express a preference for circumcision as Remondino did. Moreover, circumcision is a traumatic procedure.<ref name="taddio1995">{{REFjournal | ||
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If Remondino was circumcised, how would it have occurred? When Remondino was born in Turin in 1846, only Jews circumcised their infant boys, which was done by a ''mohel''. There is some speculation that Remondino was descended from Sephardic Jews, so he may have had a ritual Jewish circumcision. | If Remondino was circumcised, how would it have occurred? When Remondino was born in Turin in 1846, only Jews circumcised their infant boys, which was done by a ''mohel''. There is some speculation that Remondino was descended from Sephardic Jews, so he may have had a ritual Jewish circumcision. | ||
Circumcision of adults became common after [[Lewis A. Sayre]] ( | Circumcision of adults became common after [[Lewis A. Sayre]] (1870) performed a circumcision on a child, claimed a cure for epilepy,<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]] | |||
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