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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Circumcision of Infants and Children: Short-Term Trauma and Long-Term Psychosexual Harm

  AUTHORS: Gregory J. Boyle

  KEYWORDS: Circumcision, Sexual Reduction Surgery, Circumcision-Related Deaths, Male Genital Mutilation

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Sexual Medicine, Vol.5 No.2, April 16, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Non-therapeutic infant male circumcision is a permanent surgical alteration to the penis that may cause significant physical, sexual and psychological harm. Physical harms include unintended adverse effects of the surgery itself (e.g., complications such as bleeding, infection, excessive removal of foreskin leaving insufficient shaft skin to accommodate erections, etc.), as well as the inherent loss of healthy, functional tissue. Sexual harms that necessarily follow from circumcision include the loss of all sensation in the foreskin itself, and the loss of all sexual functions that involve the physical manipulation of the foreskin. Additional sexual harms that may follow circumcision include reduced sexual sensation in the remaining penile structures, difficulty with masturbation, increased chafing in both the circumcised man and his sexual partner, as well as reduced overall psychosexual/psychological tension relief and subjective satisfaction. Psychological harms include short-term trauma as well as the potential for long-term emotional disturbances, including sadness, frustration, distress, and anger—akin to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this paper, the extent and severity of these various harms are considered and it is argued that they are more serious and more widespread than is commonly believed.