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}}</ref>At the age of 20 he felt unable to form a true relationship with a woman. Perhaps it was because of the circumcision he underwent at the age of 15.<ref name="shavit2000">{{REFnews
}}</ref>At the age of 20 he felt unable to form a true relationship with a woman. Perhaps it was because of the [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]] he underwent at the age of 15.<ref name="shavit2000">{{REFnews
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He never was able to overcome the physical and psychic [[trauma]] of his circumcision. He never married, nor did he seem to have an occupation. According to Singer, "[h]e ultimately settled in London, where he earned a meager living translating his father’s writings, but the work was intermittent and he struggled financially all his life."<ref name="suicide1930" />
He never was able to overcome the physical and psychic [[trauma]] of his circumcision. He never married, nor did he seem to have an occupation. According to Singer, "[h]e ultimately settled in London, where he earned a meager living translating his father’s writings, but the work was intermittent and he struggled financially all his life."<ref name="suicide1930" />
==Suicide==
==Suicide==