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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1984-02-02|birthplace=Buenos Aires|birthcountry=Argentina|death=~~1939-09-23~~|deathplace=|}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family and presumably was [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], most likely by a [[mohel]] on the eighth day of his life. We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Pakman lost his [[foreskin]] in infancy so he has no personal experience of the functions and sensations of the foreskin. Pakman is a victim of circumcision.

'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1984-02-02|birthplace=Buenos Aires|birthcountry=Argentina|death=|deathplace=|}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family and presumably was [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], most likely by a [[mohel]] on the eighth day of his life. We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Pakman lost his [[foreskin]] in infancy so he has no personal experience of the functions and sensations of the foreskin. Pakman is a victim of circumcision.

==Effects of trauma==

Trauma causes behavior change. Famed trauma expert [[Bessel van der Kolk]], {{MD}} (1989) reports that traumatized persons tend to repeat the [[trauma]] on themselves or others, resulting in harm to others, harm to self, or being re-victimized. He writes:

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-'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1984-02-02|birthplace=Buenos Aires|birthcountry=Argentina|death=1939-09-23|deathplace=|}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family and presumably was [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], most likely by a [[mohel]] on the eighth day of his life. We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Pakman lost his [[foreskin]] in infancy so he has no personal experience of the functions and sensations of the foreskin. Pakman is a victim of circumcision.
+'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1984-02-02|birthplace=Buenos Aires|birthcountry=Argentina|death=|deathplace=|}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family and presumably was [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], most likely by a [[mohel]] on the eighth day of his life. We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Pakman lost his [[foreskin]] in infancy so he has no personal experience of the functions and sensations of the foreskin. Pakman is a victim of circumcision.
 ==Effects of trauma==
 Trauma causes behavior change. Famed trauma expert [[Bessel van der Kolk]], {{MD}} (1989) reports that traumatized persons tend to repeat the [[trauma]] on themselves or others, resulting in harm to others, harm to self, or being re-victimized. He writes: