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Circumcision has long been falsely promoted as a prophylactic procedure that would prevent future disease, but contemporary research indicates that non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]] is very harmful. | Circumcision has long been falsely promoted as a prophylactic procedure that would prevent future disease, but contemporary research indicates that non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]] is very harmful. | ||
* Circumcision actually is a surgical [[amputation]] that exposes the patient to [[bleeding]], [[infection]], [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| surgical mishap]], and certain loss of the [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous]], protective [[foreskin]]. | * Circumcision actually is a surgical [[amputation]] that exposes the patient to [[bleeding]], [[infection]], [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| surgical mishap]], and certain loss of the [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous]], protective [[foreskin]]. | ||
* Several researchers have determined that infant male [[circumcision]] is a traumatizing event that produces [[posttraumatic stress disorder]]. There is reason to believe that many <b>West Virginia</b> males would be likely to suffer from post-circumcision traumatic stress disorder. | * Several researchers have determined that infant male [[circumcision]] is a traumatizing event that produces [[posttraumatic stress disorder]]. There is reason to believe that many <b>West Virginia</b> males would be likely to suffer from post-circumcision traumatic stress disorder.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Male circumcision: pain, trauma and psychosexual sequelae | |||
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|journal=Journal of Health Psychology | |||
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|date=2002-05 | |||
|volume=7 | |||
|issue=3 | |||
|pages=329-43 | |||
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gregory-J-Boyle/publication/272499352_Male_Circumcision_Pain_Trauma_and_Psychosexual_Sequelae/links/54e733240cf2b1990609cfac/Male-Circumcision-Pain-Trauma-and-Psychosexual-Sequelae.pdf | |||
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|DOI=10.1177/135910530200700310 | |||
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|accessdate=2026-04-09 | |||
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* Circumcised <b>West Virginia</b> boys are put at risk of developing [[meatal stenosis]] because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protection of the foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal | * Circumcised <b>West Virginia</b> boys are put at risk of developing [[meatal stenosis]] because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protection of the foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal | ||
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