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Male foreskin amputation, euphemistically termed “circumcision,” has persisted in various cultures with the unsubstantiated belief that it is a trivial or benign practice. This has been due in large part to the silence of the victims. Indeed, when male genital mutilation occurs at puberty, a male’s silence during the cutting is a measure of his manhood. Today, men’s silence about these mutilations is being broken and they are demanding to be heard.
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Hammond, T. (1997). Long-Term Consequences of Neonatal Circumcision. In: Denniston, G.C., Milos, M.F. (eds) Sexual Mutilations. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2679-4_11
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