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Goldman (1999) described the long-term psychological effects of circumcision as "anger, sense of loss, shame, sense of having been victimized and violated, feal, distrust, grief, and jealousy of intact men.<refname="goldman1999">{{REFjournal
|last=Goldman
|first=Ronald
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=0.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1093.x
|accessdate=2019-12-09
}}</ref>
Goldman reported reasons why circumcised man say little about how truly feel:
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# Accepting beliefs and cultural assumptions about circumcision prevents men from recognizing and feeling their dissatisfaction; e.g. being told when young that it was necessary for health reasons and not questioning that.
# The emotions connected with circumcision that may surface are very painful; repressing them protects men from this pain. If the feelings become conscious, they can still be suppressed.
# Those who have feelings about their circumcision are generally afraid to express them because their feelings may be dismissed or ridiculed.
# Verbal expression of feelings requires conscious awareness. Because early traumas are generally unconscious, associated feelings are expressed non-verbally through behavioural, emotional, and physiological forms.<ref name="goldman1999" />
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