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</ref> The extent of little Brian's [[trauma]], if any, is not known, however his adult behaviour is suggestive of a deeply traumatised person with a compulsion to repeat the [[Pain#Traumatic_effect_of_infant_circumcision| trauma]] of infant [[circumcision]] on others.<ref name="vanderkolk1989">{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref>
We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Brian Morris may be considered to be a victim of [[circumcision]]. It is likely that Morris's adult [[bias]] for [[circumcision]], as reflected in his writings, derived from his infant experience and his lack of personal experience of a [[foreskin]].<ref name="boyle2012>{{REFjournal
|last=Boyle
|first=Gregory J.