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Inspired by a public conversation between a rabbi and a medical ethicist, in this article, I will take a strong stance against the practice of routine neonatal circumcision in the…

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Science & Tech

Why I Write About Medical Circumcision

08/03/2019
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Robert Darby

As a nineteenth century surgical innovation, medical circumcision was less about fighting disease than controlling male sexuality. Contrary to the formula that opens so many articles in medical journals and…

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Politics

Because I Was a Boy: A Personal Account of Foreskin Restoration

08/02/2019
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C R Strebor

Because I was a boy, it was legal for medical practitioners to restrain me, separate my foreskin from my glans and remove my foreskin. This is known medically as circumcision.…

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Circumcision

A Wrong Against Boys: An Impossible Conversation about Circumcision

Why I Write About Medical Circumcision

Because I Was a Boy: A Personal Account of Foreskin Restoration

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