Today, as a result of their repression, they can justify the procedure as harmless and necessary. They cannot recall their repressed anger and have never grieved about what happened to them. Consequently, they inflict the same ordeal on their children without wishing to acknowledge what they're doing to them. The following entries link to images of male genital mutilation customs in various parts of the world. Read the Journal of Psychohistory's The Universality of Incest .
Article concludes with discussion of female and male circumcision customs.
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