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}}</ref> He teamed up with [[Bill Clinton]] to praise President George W. Bush's [[PEPFAR|President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]] ([[PEPFAR]]).<ref name='Ynetnews 2006-0816'>{{REFnews

Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on 28 October 1955. He was one of three children of Mary Maxwell and William H. Gates, Sr., a prominent lawyer. His [[circumcision]] status has never been revealed, but having been born into wealth at the height of the American [[circumcision ]] craze, it is nearly 100 percent certain that he was [[circumcised]] as an infant. This is further confirmed by his adult behavior later in life. When Bill was born in 1955, it was standard practice to circumcise boys without any pain relief, as doctors then believed that infants could not feel [[pain]], although we now know that the [[pain ]] of circumcision is extreme.<ref name="lander1997">{{REFjournal |last=Lander |init=J |first=Janice |author-link= |last2=Brady-Frerer |init2=B |first2=Barbara |author2-link= |last3=Metcalfe |init3=JB |first3=James B. |author3-link= |last4=Nazerali |init4=S |first4=Shermin |author4-link= |last5=Muttit |init5=S |first5=Sarah |author5-link= |LanderJ etal=no |title= Comparison of ring block, dorsal penile nerve block, and topical anesthesia for neonatal circumcision |journal=JAMA |location= |date=1997-12-24 |volume=278 |issue=24 |pages=2157-64 |url=https://canadiancrc.com/circumcision/AMA_journal_circumcision_1997.aspx |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=9417009 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2020-11-10}}</ref>

We now understand that the effects of the extreme [[pain]] of [[circumcision ]] is [[Pain#Traumatic_effect_of_infant_circumcision| traumatic]], so infant Bill must have suffered significant [[trauma]].

Famed trauma expert [[Bessel van der Kolk]], {{MD}} (1989) reported that traumatized persons tend to repeat the [[trauma ]] on themselves or others, resulting in harm to others, harm to self, or being re-victimized.<ref name="vanderkolk1989">{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref>

Bill uses his position as a director of the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] to direct huge amounts of money into circumcising sub-Saharan Africa. The Gates Foundation initially provided a grant of $18.5 million to establish the [https://www.fhi360.org/resource/male-circumcision-consortium-brochure Male Circumcision Consortium], which is to direct the circumcision program.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> [[PEPFAR ]] reported that 25.3 million non-therapeutic circumcisions (VMMC) have been performed in Africa.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> All circumcisions are harmful because they excise [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| highly functional tissue]] and cause physical, [[Sexual effects of circumcision| sexual]], and [[Psychological issues of male circumcision| emotional]] injuries. Bill claims they are done for health reasons, such as preventing [[HIV]] infection, although [[circumcision ]] does not reduce [[HIV]] infection,<ref>{{REFjournal

}}</ref> however he has done a masterful job of reenacting his personal [[trauma ]] on millions of others.

 Bill was born at a time when non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision ]] was a [[Routine Infant Circumcision| routine procedure]] in the [[United States]] and almost every boy automatically received a [[circumcision]] within hours after birth. It was then common for many Americans to have never seen a normal [[penis]] with a [[foreskin]]. As a teen, Bill attended the exclusive [https://www.lakesideschool.org/ Lakeside School]. In those years, a student with an [[intact]] [[foreskin ]] would be extremely rare or even non-existent at the school. It is probable that Bill learned nothing during his adolescence about the nature and [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ multiple functions] of the [[foreskin]]. It is likely that Bill still views the [[circumcised]] penis as "normal".

 Bill Gates has made close associates of [[Anthony Fauci]], former head of the [https://www.niaid.nih.gov National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ] (NIAID) and [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]], Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) over whom he appears to exercise effective controland promote [[circumcision]].

Bill was divorced by Melinda French Gates, in 2021. Bill's relationship with Epstein has been reported to be a factor in the divorce.<ref>{{REFnews