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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a term that appears to have been coined by the late [[James W. Prescott]], Ph.D., in 1975. Dr. Prescott related deprivation of physical pleasure to expression of physical violence.<refname="prescott1975">{{REFjournal
|last=Prescott
|init=JW
}}</ref>
The term "body pleasure" is understood to be pleasure experienced from stimulation of the erogenous areas of the body. Winkelmann (1959) identified the foreskin (prepuce) to be a "<i>specific erogenous zone</i>",<refname="winkelmann1959=>{{REFjournal
|last=Winklemann
|first=
}}</ref> so it is a major source of body pleasure. [[Amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] by [[circumcision]] results in a deficiency of body pleasure in [[circumcised]] males.
Lloyd de Mause (1996) also observed the aggressive, more violent-prone personality that is more common in [[circumcised]] men, but he attributed the cause to early childhood [[trauma]], which must include paniful [[pain| painful]] [[circumcision]].<ref name="demause1996">{{REFjournal
|last=deMause
|first=Lloyd
}}</ref>
The behavior personality of [[circumcised ]] men has been affected by both early childhood [[trauma ]] and loss of body pleasure.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision and violence]]