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The male [[circumcision]] operation to amputate the [[foreskin]] has been shown to be a traumatic event. Taddio & colleagues (1995)(1997) studied the effect of neonatal circumcision on the behavior of boys after surgery and at the time of vaccination. It was found that [[circumcised]] boys had a higher pain response at time of vaccination six months later as compared with [[intact]] boys,<ref name="taddio"1995">{{REFjournal |last=Taddio |first=Anna |init=A |author-link=Anna Taddio |last2=Goldbach |first2=Morton |init2=M |author2-link= |last3=Ipp |first3=Moshe |init3=M |author3-link= |last4=Stevens |first4=Bonnie |init4=S |author4-link= |last5=Koren |first5=Gideon |init5=G |author5-link= |etal=no |title=Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain responses during vaccination in boys |journal=Lancet |location= |date=1995 |volume=344 |issue= |pages=291-2 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/taddio/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=7837863 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/s0140-6736(95)90278-3 |accessdate=2020-11-10}}</ref> <ref name="taddio1997">{{REFjournal