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===Child circumcision as a traumatizing event===

When an infant boy is to be circumcised, it is the usual practice to immobilize the infant for the [[Pain| painful]] surgery by securely tying his limbs to a molded plastic board specially made for that purpose. The infant thus is preventing from fighting or fleeing, which is the trauma-producing situation of ''inescapable shock'', described as a "physical condition in which the organism cannot do anything to affect the inevitable."<ref name="vanderkolk2014">{{REFbook

|last=van der Kolk

|first=Bessel

|year=2014

|title=The Body Keeps the Score

|url=

|pages=76

|isbn=978-0-14-312774-1

|accessdate=2021-08-12

}}</ref>

The male [[circumcision]] operation to amputate the [[foreskin]] has been shown to be a traumatic event.

The male [[circumcision]] operation to amputate the [[foreskin]] has been shown to be a traumatic event. Taddio & colleagues (1995)(1997) studied the effect of neonatal circumcision on the behavior of boys after surgery and at the time of vaccination. It was found that circumcised boys had a higher pain response at time of vaccination six months later as compared with intact boys,<ref name="taddio"1995">{{REFjournal

Taddio & colleagues (1995)(1997) studied the effect of neonatal circumcision on the behavior of boys after surgery and at the time of vaccination. It was found that circumcised boys had a higher pain response at time of vaccination six months later as compared with intact boys,<ref name="taddio"1995">{{REFjournal

|last=Taddio

|first=Anna

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 ===Child circumcision as a traumatizing event===
+When an infant boy is to be circumcised, it is the usual practice to immobilize the infant for the [[Pain| painful]] surgery by securely tying his limbs to a molded plastic board specially made for that purpose. The infant thus is preventing from fighting or fleeing, which is the trauma-producing situation of ''inescapable shock'', described as a "physical condition in which the organism cannot do anything to affect the inevitable."<ref name="vanderkolk2014">{{REFbook
+ |last=van der Kolk
+ |first=Bessel
+ |year=2014
+ |title=The Body Keeps the Score
+ |url=
+ |pages=76
+ |isbn=978-0-14-312774-1
+ |accessdate=2021-08-12
+ }}</ref>
-The male [[circumcision]] operation to amputate the [[foreskin]] has been shown to be a traumatic event.
+The male [[circumcision]] operation to amputate the [[foreskin]] has been shown to be a traumatic event. Taddio & colleagues (1995)(1997) studied the effect of neonatal circumcision on the behavior of boys after surgery and at the time of vaccination. It was found that circumcised boys had a higher pain response at time of vaccination six months later as compared with intact boys,<ref name="taddio"1995">{{REFjournal
-Taddio & colleagues (1995)(1997) studied the effect of neonatal circumcision on the behavior of boys after surgery and at the time of vaccination. It was found that circumcised boys had a higher pain response at time of vaccination six months later as compared with intact boys,<ref name="taddio"1995">{{REFjournal
   |last=Taddio
   |first=Anna