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'''Adamant father syndrome''' is the term used to describe the behavior manifested by many [[circumcised]] men when they become fathers. The "adamant father" typically insists that any son born be [[circumcised ]] even though there is no medical reason for it and it is contrary to current medical advice.<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Bigelow
|first=Jim
Some traumatized people remain preoccupied with the trauma at the expense of other life experiences and continue to re-create it in some form for themselves or for others.<ref name="vanderkolk1989">{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref>
[[Ronald Goldman|Goldman]] (1999) reports that [[circumcision]] is [[trauma ]] and that trauma tends to repeat itself:
<blockquote>The behavioural re-enactment of the trauma is a compulsion for some trauma victims. Circumcision of infants may be regarded as an example of re-enacting the trauma of one's own circumcision. A survey of randomly selected primary care physicians showed that circumcision was more often supported by doctors who were older, male and circumcised.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Goldman
[[George Hill|Hill]] (2012) commented:
<blockquote>
The best way to stop the cycle of [[trauma]] is to stop circumcising infants. Non-traumatized [[intact ]] infants usually do not grow up to become circumcisers, so the cycle of trauma would end.<ref name="hill2012"/></blockquote>
==Denial of loss==
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/apa1971/
|accessdate=2020-07-29
}}</ref> however, in 2018, [[Circumcision Info Australia| Circumcision Information Australia]] reported that four percent of Australian boys are still being [[circumcised]], apparently because their fathers are [[circumcised]]. The drop in [[circumcision]] incidence in [[Australia]] was credited to fewer fathers being circumcised.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.circinfo.org/news_2018.html#fall
|title=Foreskins rule! Australians rush to abandon circumcision
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
* [[Circumcised doctors]]