Castration, circumcision, and anti-Semitism.

In this study, the authors look at whether circumcision is a relevant variable in anti-Semitism as measured in a contemporary male gentile population. The 52-item A-S scale described by Levinson and Sanford was administered to 381 students drawn from various psychology courses at Princeton and Rutgers Universities. The subjects (Ss) included in this study are 142 gentile male undergraduates selected from the larger population and divided into two matched groups of 71 each. No reliable differences in attitude were found between circumcised and uncircumcised subjects. These findings indicate the relative unimportance of circumcision as an isolated factor in anti-Semitism. The implications for the relationships involving circumcision, castration, and anti-Semitism are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)