Department of Psychology, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, 12203, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2023 May;52(4):1525-1534. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02543-4. Epub 2023 Feb 6.
Research exploring the impact of penile circumcision on aspects of body image is scarce and few studies have considered the potential roles of attitudinal factors toward one's own circumcision status. The purpose of the present study was to assess the potential relationship between one's circumcision status, happiness with circumcision status, genital self-image, and sexual functioning. The present study also examined how happiness with circumcision status varied across geographic regions. A total of 205 participants (102 circumcised, 103 not circumcised) completed a study through online recruitment methods. Participants reported being born in the United States (n = 80), Canada (n = 23), and various countries within Latin America (n = 22), Europe (n = 49), Asia (n = 13), Africa (n = 11), and Oceania (n = 7). Participants who were not circumcised reported significantly greater happiness with their circumcision status than participants who were circumcised. However, genital self-image, sexual body image, and sexual functioning did not significantly differ by circumcision status. Instead, participants who reported being happier with their circumcision status reported better genital self-image and less body exposure avoidance during sex, but sexual function did not differ by happiness. Although researchers hypothesized that happiness with circumcision status would depend on whether one fits in with the majority circumcision status within their region of origin, results did not support this. Participants who were circumcised tended to have less happiness with their circumcision status than non-circumcised participants regardless of region of birth. These findings support a small body of the literature which suggests that the psychosexual impact of penile circumcision may rely more on attitudinal factors toward circumcision status than actual circumcision status.
研究探索阴茎环切术对身体意象各个方面的影响的文献很少，很少有研究考虑到对自身割礼状况的态度因素的潜在作用。本研究的目的是评估一个人的割礼状况、对割礼状况的满意度、生殖器自我形象和性功能之间潜在的关系。本研究还考察了对割礼状况的满意度在不同地理区域的差异。共有 205 名参与者（102 名割礼，103 名未割礼）通过在线招募方法完成了研究。参与者报告说他们出生在美国（n=80）、加拿大（n=23）和拉丁美洲的各个国家（n=22）、欧洲（n=49）、亚洲（n=13）、非洲（n=11）和大洋洲（n=7）。未割礼的参与者报告对自己的割礼状况的满意度显著高于割礼的参与者。然而，生殖器自我形象、性身体形象和性功能并没有因割礼状况而显著不同。相反，报告对割礼状况更满意的参与者报告了更好的生殖器自我形象和在性过程中更少的身体暴露回避，但性功能没有因满意度而异。尽管研究人员假设对割礼状况的满意度将取决于一个人是否与原籍地区的大多数割礼状况相符，但结果并不支持这一点。无论出生地如何，割礼的参与者往往对割礼状况的满意度低于未割礼的参与者。这些发现支持了一小部分文献，表明阴茎环切术的心理性影响可能更多地依赖于对割礼状况的态度因素，而不是实际的割礼状况。
