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The effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life
INTRODUCTION: According to psychoanalytic theory performing circumcision on a boy in phallic phase may aggravate this fear and cause sexual dysfunctions later in life. However this hypothesis is an unverified common-view rather than a scientifically proven conclusion. OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized tha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9475988/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1456 |
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author | Esen, E.C. Özer, S. Yıldırım, Ö. Hasırcı, E. Şah, C. Şahin, B. Duran, B. Çınar, Ö. Cihan, A. Kazaz, İ. Gül, Ü. Deliktaş, H. Kızılkan, Y. Altınkol, A. Kurt, H. Tosun, Ç. Güdeloğlu, A. Üre, İ. Tutuş, A. Alkış, O. Bozkurt, O. Turunç, T. Akkuş, K. |
author_facet | Esen, E.C. Özer, S. Yıldırım, Ö. Hasırcı, E. Şah, C. Şahin, B. Duran, B. Çınar, Ö. Cihan, A. Kazaz, İ. Gül, Ü. Deliktaş, H. Kızılkan, Y. Altınkol, A. Kurt, H. Tosun, Ç. Güdeloğlu, A. Üre, İ. Tutuş, A. Alkış, O. Bozkurt, O. Turunç, T. Akkuş, K. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: According to psychoanalytic theory performing circumcision on a boy in phallic phase may aggravate this fear and cause sexual dysfunctions later in life. However this hypothesis is an unverified common-view rather than a scientifically proven conclusion. OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that being circumcised during phallic phase is not a risk factor for sexual dysfunction. We also took a peak at how the experience of circumcision is being perceived and its psychological effects. Our secondary hypothesis was, sexual dysfunctions are more frequent among men who had a traumatic circumcision experience. METHODS: For this cross-sectional study, a total of 2768 sexually active, circumcised and voluntary men were recruited from 20 different urology outpatient clinics around Turkey. RESULTS: There was no significant difference for PEDT and IIEF scores between participants who were circumcised at different ages (Graph-1,2). When participants were divided into 3 groups according to their circumcision age in accordance with psychoanalytic theory (before, after and during phallic phase) mean IIEF and PEDT scores did not differ. PEDT scores did not differ either by which emotion the participant describe their experience of circumcision or how vividly he remembered it. However participants who remembered their circumcision experience more vividly and had who describe their circumcision experience with fear/anxiety had a higher IIEF score (Graph-3). [Figure: see text] [Figure: see text] [Figure: see text] CONCLUSIONS: The age of circumcision does not affect the risk of PE. This is one of the very few studies that challenges psychoanalytic theory with a scientific method. Remembering the circumcision experience with fear or anxiety did not increase the risk of sexual dysfunctions. |
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spelling | pubmed-94759882022-09-29 The effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life Esen, E.C. Özer, S. Yıldırım, Ö. Hasırcı, E. Şah, C. Şahin, B. Duran, B. Çınar, Ö. Cihan, A. Kazaz, İ. Gül, Ü. Deliktaş, H. Kızılkan, Y. Altınkol, A. Kurt, H. Tosun, Ç. Güdeloğlu, A. Üre, İ. Tutuş, A. Alkış, O. Bozkurt, O. Turunç, T. Akkuş, K. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: According to psychoanalytic theory performing circumcision on a boy in phallic phase may aggravate this fear and cause sexual dysfunctions later in life. However this hypothesis is an unverified common-view rather than a scientifically proven conclusion. OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that being circumcised during phallic phase is not a risk factor for sexual dysfunction. We also took a peak at how the experience of circumcision is being perceived and its psychological effects. Our secondary hypothesis was, sexual dysfunctions are more frequent among men who had a traumatic circumcision experience. METHODS: For this cross-sectional study, a total of 2768 sexually active, circumcised and voluntary men were recruited from 20 different urology outpatient clinics around Turkey. RESULTS: There was no significant difference for PEDT and IIEF scores between participants who were circumcised at different ages (Graph-1,2). When participants were divided into 3 groups according to their circumcision age in accordance with psychoanalytic theory (before, after and during phallic phase) mean IIEF and PEDT scores did not differ. PEDT scores did not differ either by which emotion the participant describe their experience of circumcision or how vividly he remembered it. However participants who remembered their circumcision experience more vividly and had who describe their circumcision experience with fear/anxiety had a higher IIEF score (Graph-3). [Figure: see text] [Figure: see text] [Figure: see text] CONCLUSIONS: The age of circumcision does not affect the risk of PE. This is one of the very few studies that challenges psychoanalytic theory with a scientific method. Remembering the circumcision experience with fear or anxiety did not increase the risk of sexual dysfunctions. Cambridge University Press 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9475988/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1456 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstract Esen, E.C. Özer, S. Yıldırım, Ö. Hasırcı, E. Şah, C. Şahin, B. Duran, B. Çınar, Ö. Cihan, A. Kazaz, İ. Gül, Ü. Deliktaş, H. Kızılkan, Y. Altınkol, A. Kurt, H. Tosun, Ç. Güdeloğlu, A. Üre, İ. Tutuş, A. Alkış, O. Bozkurt, O. Turunç, T. Akkuş, K. The effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life |
title | The effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life |
title_full | The effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life |
title_fullStr | The effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life |
title_full_unstemmed | The effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life |
title_short | The effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life |
title_sort | effects of the age of male early life circumcision on sexual functions later in life |
topic | Abstract |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9475988/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1456 |
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