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==History==
[[Moses Maimonides ]] wrote in the 12th century:
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Similarly with regard to circumcision, one of the reasons for it is, in my opinion, the wish to bring about a decrease in sexual intercourse and a weakening of the organ in question, so that this activity be diminished and the organ be in as quiet a state as possible. … In fact this commandment has not been prescribed with a view to perfecting what is defective congenitally, but to perfecting what is defective morally. The bodily pain caused to that member is the real purpose of circumcision. … For if at birth this member has been made to bleed and has had its covering taken away from it, it must indubitably be weakened.<ref name="maimonides1190">{{REFbook
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So we see that [[circumcision ]] has long been used to effect behavior change.
== Profound lack of understanding of psychological issues ==