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}} </ref><br>Archive: [[File:Thelittlesnip-circumsexual.pdf]]</ref>]]A '''circumfetishist''' is someone who has a sexual fixation for the [[circumcised ]] penis, and/or derives sexual gratification from the act of [[circumcision ]] itself .<ref>Porn link! - {{REFweb |url=https://www.xtube.com/video-watch/circumsexuals-605275 |title=Circumsexuals |last= |first= |publisher=xTube |website= |date= |accessdate=2011-04-18}}</ref> (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotemnophilia apotemnophilia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/acrotomophilia acrotomophilia]). </ref> Often their sexual fantasy involves infants.<ref name="BenWinkie"/><ref>{{REFweb

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|Text=[[Circlist ]] has always permitted, and will continue to permit, circumcision related fetish/sexual postings/materials, straight, gay or otherwise. Individuals may use [[Circlist ]] to make contact with one another, including for sexual purposes. The list is not just a medical interest list, but rather all things circumcision, including circ-fetish, sexual info, medical info and a place to meet up with fellow circumcision enthusiasts and proponents.

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The extent of circumfetishism among doctors and others who perform [[Circumcision| infant circumcisions ]] is unknown.<ref>{{REFweb |quote= |urlname=http://www."circumstitions.com/Glossary2.html |title=Frequently Used Expressions |last= |first= |publisher=Circumstitions |website= |date= |accessdate=2011-03-08}}<"/ref>

''Circumfetishist'' is a descriptive term for a person with an obvious fixation on [[circumcision ]] as described above. So it cannot be an insult. Can it be a defamation then? This depends on what the person has done, said or written in this context. If a person has obviously and objectively understandable acted in a way which is consistent with the above fetish description, it is obvious that the attribute is a fact, not a defamation. If it can be shown that the person had never acted in such a way that the above description of circumcision fetish fits the actions, it would be defamation as a false assertion of fact to assign the term circumfetishist to that person.

This conflict mostly occurs in circumcision debates where circumcision proponents and opponents of circumcision collide. So one can presume that the person attributed as a ''foreskin fetishist'' is in fact an [[intactivist]]. By definition, intactivists are [[human rights ]] activists who stand up and speak up for the [[human rights ]] of helpless children who cannot defend themselves against medically not indicated genital [[mutilation]]. This dilemma is primarily about the inalienable [[human rights ]] of defenseless children. The body parts that are to be damaged or removed during genital mutilation are only of secondary importance. Since intactivists basically want to protect all children from genital mutilation, it is not only about the [[foreskin]], but also about parts of the female genitalia or [[intersex ]] genitals.

Since [[intactivists ]] also want to prevent other medically not indicated physical injuries in children, such as tattoos or piercings, the third line is not about the male [[foreskin]], but about other parts of the body.

In the end, it can be stated that intactivists are not foreskin fetishists, but at most [[human rights ]] fetishists, because they do not want to see that children should not have the same [[human rights ]] as adults. However, since the definition of fetish does not include standing up for [[human rights]], intactivists cannot be foreskin fetishists. Therefore, the term ''foreskin fetishist'' is not an insult, but simply nonsense that you can endure relaxed.

For those who can stomach it, the comments and behaviours of proponents of [[circumcision ]] would make a fruitful area of psychological study.<ref>For a mild introduction to the world of fetish circumcision and the recruitment of teenage boys for such purposes by the Gilgal Society under the guise of "medical advice," see: [http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~vernon/ICIRC/index.html International Circumcision Information Reference Centre] </ref> They fully bear out Woodmansey's comment that "Something must be done to help the parents who show such an irrational need...."<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Woodmansey |init=AC |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/2/5458/419. 2 |title=Circumcision. ''British Medical Journal'' |journal=BMJ |date=1965; |volume=2: |page=419.}}</ref> It would seem wholly plausible that inflicting [[circumcision ]] on a boy provides some circumcisers and onlookers with a sexual thrill. Groups such as the [[Acorn Society]], the [[Gilgal Society]], and the [[Cutting Club]] openly admit to a morbid fascination with circumcision to the point of sado-masochistic fetish. These groups advertise that doctors are among their members. There are those on the Internet who discuss the erotic stimulation they experience by watching other males being circumcised, swap fiction about it, and trade in videotapes of actual circumcisions. Furthermore, there are anecdotal accounts of doctors becoming sexually aroused when circumcising boys.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Foley |init=JM. [ |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1966.07_Foley/ |title=The unkindest cut of all]. '' |journal=Fact'' |date=1966;-07 |volume=3( |issue=4): |pages=2-9.(July 1966).}}</ref> Circumcision certainly provides an opportunity not only to handle boys' penises without the condemnation that a sexual assault (in the sense that phrase is normally used) would attract, but also the opportunity to exercise power over another human being, to alter the penis and to control it and the boy's future sexual life.<ref>{{REFbook |last=Price |first=Christopher P . |author-link=Christopher P. Price. [ |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/price2/ |chapter=Male Non-therapeutic circumcision: The Legal and Ethical Issues]. In '' |title=Male and Female Circumcision, Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice'' ( |editors=[[George C. Denniston|Denniston GC]], [[Frederick M. Hodges|Hodges FM and ]], [[Marilyn Fayre Milos|Milos MF eds.) ]] |location=New York: |publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, |year=1999: |pages=425-454. }}</ref>

Mutilating the genitals of others has a deep sexual motive. This motive combined with the urge to control people when, in the nineteenth century, doctors first introduced "medicalised" circumcision in the vain attempt to prevent [[masturbation]].<ref>Moses MJ. The value of circumcision as a hygienic and therapeutic measure. New York Medical Journal 1871;14:368-74.{{Moses1871}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal

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Doctor Morris L. Sorrells M.D. , {{MD}}, discusses the the sexual motives of those who circumcise, the perversion of circumfetish, doing harm to the genitals of others for a sexual thrill.<br><br>

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