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==Denial of loss==
Denial of loss is a second reason that some fathers adamantly insist that any son be circumcised. This reason is not incompatible with the first reason and may coexist in the same individual.
Persons who have suffered the loss of a body part must grieve their loss.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Maguire |first=Peter |author-link= |last2=Parkes |first2=Colin Murray |author2-link= |etal=no |title=Coping With Loss: Surgery and Loss of Body Parts |trans-title= |language=English |journal=BMJ |location= |date=1998-04-04 |volume=316 |issue=7137 |pages=1086-08 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/maguire/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=9552917 |pubmedCID=1112908 |DOI=10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1086 |accessdate=2020-07-29}}</ref> Failure to grieve one's loss may leave one permanently stuck in the first stage of grief which is denial of loss. Men who have failed to grieve the loss of their foreskin and its functions may not want an intact boy with a foreskin around to remind them of what they have lost, so such an individual may adamantly insist that any son be circumcised.
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