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| View Larger Image | In Favour of Circumcision | Paperbackby Brian Morris (Author), Brian J. Morris (Author)
| List Price: | $25.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | University of New South Wales Press | | Page Count: | 104 Pages | | Publication Date: | March 01, 1999 | | Sales Rank: | 2,915,638nd |
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Product Description
Gives direct answers to long-held questions about the controversial operation: circumcision. What does the operation involve? How painful is it? What does it cost? What are the benefits & drawbacks? Does circumcision affect sexual activity? |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 2.0 based on 41 reviews)
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BavarianQueen by Bavarian Queen (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan)  1 Stars
November 04, 2009
I have read 37 books on this subject and Ed Schoen's and this one are the biggest b.s. books on the subject ever written. It is amazing that there are actually few books written who are pro-circumcision compared to anti-circumcision books which are about 4 out of 5. I am from Europe and we do not do this to our males. When I tell my family and friends all over Europe what is done here, they shake their heads. None of my family, friends, neighbors, etc. had to ever be circumcised for any reason. It would be beneficial to teach young doctors what the benefits and functions of the foreskin are and not how to chop it off. I have heard of several young interns who had to perform circumcisions but refused and were then denied their MD status and where not allowed to practice in this hospital. That tells me something about the medical profession in this country.
Now, the circumcision nazis are pushing circumcision in Africa to prevent Aids instead of teaching them to use condoms or educate the people in Africa. One can see the charts with the highest Aids counts and they are higher in the U.S. than in Germany and Japan. When I talk to my japanese friends, they tell me that the Americans are crazy and why is the US so clinging to this? It should have been outlawed 50 years ago and it should never have become normal practice. And the silly excuses people make for it like, urinary tract infections. Girls have 10x the urinary tract infections, so what, they get some antibiotic and get over it. Have the pro-circumcisers ever watched a circumcision? If you have ever seen one, you never want to see one again.
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lock up child molesters by lockupfreaks 1 Stars
May 06, 2009
this guy is a sick mental freak and should be locked up immediately.
He actually gets his rocks off by genitally mutilating little boys.
Mothers point him out to their children when he appears on TV as a sexual deviate and warn them to keep away from the likes of him.
He is exactly like the monster that tried to lure me away into the bush so many years ago.
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Human Rights and Freedom versus Utilitarianism by Mr. Robert W. Francis Jr. (Durham, CT United States) 1 Stars
November 20, 2008
The author has taken the position that utilitarianism is more important than freedom and human rights, the simple principle of "my body my choice". All his writing on circumcision proceeds from that, in my opinion, flawed premise.
Because HIV and other potentially life threatening STDs are less likely to be spread or acquired by circumcised males, the consequence of less sensitivity, removed nerves, the fairly frequent too much skin removed, occasional cut into the corpus cavernosa, occasional skin bridge, occasional uneven skin removal, and the rare amputation or death are ok in this author's eyes.
Because there are too many irresponsible people out there who won't put on a condom, we should all have to be circumcised in this author's eyes as it will save more lives.
The author needs to let people take personal responsibility for their own lives. Doctors and others in the health profession often have issues of codependency and feel the need to take care of others and make decisions for them.
Doctors are usually considered smart. If that's the case, how smart do you have to be to realize cutting off genital tissue is a bad idea? And cutting off genital tissue on a minor who can't even consent is an absolutely horrible inhumane idea?
This author has made a deal with the devil (I don't actually believe in devils), saving one life at the expense of reduced (though still very good) pleasure of another without that other's consent.
My body, my property, my choice. When are we gonna get that enshrined as a Constitutional Amendment?
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis
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Totally Disgusting by James Loewen (Vancouver, BC Canada) 1 Stars
February 26, 2008
This terrible book reveals that the author, Brian Morris is the one in need of medical treatment, psychiatric that is. A reader with even a rudimentary knowledge of anatomy and medicine will see immediately the self serving and almost rabid zeal this man has for cutting children.
No valid reason exits to justify cutting an infant's genitals but Morris seems to feel that if he lists every possible excuse they will all add up to something. They do add up to a very good case that the advocates for such wounding of children qualify as sexually disturbed. Morris' "logic" extends to the ludicrous and racist as when he advocates cutting children's genitals for "societal class distinction" because, "The US National Health and Lifestyle Survey saw higher circumcision rates among whites and the better educated."
Thanks to various organizations dedicated to protecting children from unnecessary surgery the public is far more educated now about the real issues behind "circumcision." We have yet to fully understand the fetishizing of this form of child abuse, though the one value this book has is as evidence that such mental illness exits.
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Excellent! by Mr. A. Golestani (San Diego, CA)  5 Stars
December 04, 2006
This book provides *unbiased*, accurate and true information about circumcision. Very useful for parents, or for those expecting a son.
Ignore those radical that criticize this book so harshly.
I bet most of them have not even read the book!
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