"It is likely also that mutilating the genitals of others has a
deep sexual motive. This motive combined with the urge to control people when, in the nineteenth century, doctors first introduced medicalized circumcision in the vain attempt to prevent masturbation... It would seem wholly plausible that inflicting circumcision on a boy provides some circumcisers and onlookers with a
sexual thrill. Groups such as the Acorn Society,
the Gilgal Society, and the Cutting Club openly admit to a morbid fascination with circumcision to the point of
sado-masochistic fetish. These groups advertise that doctors are among their members. There are those on the Internet who discuss the
erotic stimulation they experience by watching other males being circumcised, swap fiction and about it, and
trade in videotapes of actual circumcisions. Furthermore, there are anecdotal accounts of
doctors becoming sexually aroused when circumcising boys. Circumcision certainly provides an opportunity not only to
handle boys' penises without the condemnation that a sexual assault (in the sense that phrase is normally used) would attract, but also the opportunity to
exercise power over another human being, to
alter the penis and to control it and the boy's future sexual life." - Christopher P. Price, Male and Female Circumcision, Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice., Pages 425-454. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers; 1999.
John M. Foley, M.D., in 1966, also wrote, "Circumcision provides a convenient and socially acceptable outlet for the
perverted component of the circumciser's libido."... and, " And I say that one of the reasons why circumcision is so common in this country stems from the
sadism of the crypto-pervert."
Morris L. Sorrells, M.D. has
talked about people who are sexually motivated by circumcision.
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I would also like to point out the studies the AAP uses to very controversially claim the 'potential health benefit' of HIV prevention from circumcision were done by men like
Daniel T. Halperin Ph.D., who promotes and is proud of being a member of
Circlist - an online group that exists for writing and distributing fetish material (erotica [usually involving minors or infants], images) of circumcision and child pornography. A moderator of
Circlist,
Vernon Quaintance, was
convicted for child pornography and molesting an 11 year old boy - served 40 days in jail. Vernon Quaintance also founded and lead the
Gilgal Society - and published a full book of circumcision erotica, as well as distrubited video tapes.
Edgar J. Schoen M.D., who was on the AAP committee about circumcision in 1989 and 1999 was also involved with
Circlist and the
Gilgal Society (being in a position of being able to approve or disapprove content) prior to his death in 2016. Penn (from Penn & Teller) reported that Schoen said circumcised penises smell and look better. And here is a line from some of his circumcision poetry "It's a great work of art like the statue of Venus if you're wearing a hat on the head of your penis." - Schoen
Thomas E. Wiswell,
M.D., published a long series of now discredit studies claiming circumcision prevented urinary tract infections. He coauthors articles with
Brian Morris and is associated with the
Gilgal Society. Edgar J. Schoen used these discredited and methodologically flawed studies for 1989 AAP Circumcision Policy Statement.
"I have some good friends who are obstetricians outside the military, and they look at a foreskin and almost see a $125 price tag on it. Each one is that much money. Heck, if you do 10 a week, that's over $1,000 a week, and they don't take that much time.
– Wiswell (1987-6-22) (The age-old question of circumcision. Boston Globe, p. 43)
Brian Morris, DSc. one of the biggest promotors of circumcision, and who co-authored many scientific articles on the subject was deeply involved in
Circlist and the
Gilgal Society. He On his website he also recommended websites with the following titles; Erotic Male Circumcision, Circumcised Kids, Circumcision Fetish, SCARandACORN, Teen Circ, Cutting Club, and Beschnittene Gay Boys. He was secretary of
Circumcision Academy of Australia - another group dedicated to circumcision erotica and promoting circumcision culturally in Australia.
He has attempted to have critics fired from their positions and has attempted to block research publication that is contrary to his own published work, including the studies of Morten Frisch M.D., Ph.D. (a professor of sexual health epidemiology.) Morris used his mailing list to enact a campaign to write critical letters to the editors of the International Journal of Epidemiology. Brian Morris, along with Jake Waskett and Ronald Gray made extensive, obstructive peer-review comments in a review which included serious insinuations of racism and amateurism. "Breaking unwritten confidentiality and courtesy rules of the peer-review process, Morris distributed his slandering criticism of our study to people working for the same cause." - Morten Frisch
"Circumcision should be made compulsitory." - Brian J. Morris
Jake H. Waskett (no degree)
, a member of both
Circlist and the
Gilgal Society, was the #1 editor of circumcision articles on Wikipedia from 2004 - 2012. He is good friends with convicted pedophile
Vernon Quaintance. He has coauthored pro-circumcision articles with
Daniel Halperin and
Thomas E. Wiswell. He also coauthored with
Brian Morris who he was/is in regular contact with.
Robert C. Bailey, Ph.D, has published with
Brian Morris and has written multiple articles advocated for widespread or universal circumcision
. Bailey is an associate of the
Gilgal Society."I know foreskin is not pretty, but these slides are pretty." - Bailey
Dr.
Stefan A. Bailis,
MA, PhysD, LP has published articles with
Brian J. Morris,
Thomas E. Wiswell,
Jake Waskett,
Edgar J. Schoen, and
Ronald H. Gray. And is associated with T
he Gilgal Society.
Guy Cox Ph.D., a member of
Circumcision Academy of Australia, writes erotic stories which make reference to the topic of circumcision. One of these stories is called "Airport Encounter." He was/is an active member of Inter-circ, "a global male circumcision appreciation group." He has co-authored parts of a book named, "Surgical Guide to Circumcision,” with
Brian Morris. He owned a website
boyguard.com, which attempted to sell chastity belts for teenage boys.
Dr.
Leslie Schrieber, a member of
Circumcision Academy of Australia, and co-author with
Brian Morris.
Robin J. Willcourt is an American gynecologist and obstetrician, was a member of the alleged medical organisation
Circumcision Academy of Australia. In 1999, Willcourt was found guilty of disorderly conduct, whilst practicing as a Gynecologist/Obstetrician in the USA. The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) subsequently found that the offense constituted ‘a crime involving moral turpitude’ and ordered him to pay $4,055.35 ‘for costs involved in the investigation and prosecution of the case against him’. Willcourt’s explanation of the incident: ‘just imagine you’re there in the bushes and you’re taking a leak and somebody comes up behind you and starts talking dirty and you produce an erect penis. I don’t think I buy that. I think that is inconsistent physiologically. That’s one of the biggest holes I see in this case.’ Another said ‘I have a very difficult time believing this sequence of events and his explanation for it’.
Transcript of Deliberations
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The HIV studies these people put together were instantly discredited. European commentators noted instantly the extreme methodological errors and statistically insignificant results. Nevertheless, the AAP used these studies for its 2012 statement. The methodological errors included major confounding errors - limiting the study of the time to be barely outside the window of recovery time from the circumcisions, giving the circumcised men condoms and sex-ed, but not the control. The absolute rate of infection went down by about 1.3%, however the AAP reported a relative rate of 60% apparently to obfuscate the facts. It should also be noted that the AAP saying 'potential health benefits' is because they cannot claim that there are actual health benefits - saying 'potential' protects them from liability - such as when they've been sued for fraud.
Crossdisciplinary researcher Brian D. Earp revealed very graphically how totally biased authors, like Morris and his co-authors, can place pseudoscientific papers in important journals without their bias being admitted or discovered before publication
Talking about his HIV prevention studies,
Bailey stated; "repeated study visits and intensive behavioral counseling" of the circumcised men were needed to reduce risk behaviors. and that the circumcised group had specific instructions to abstain from sex and use condoms that the intact control group did not. These are severe confounding variables purposely introduced.
Morten Frisch & Jacob Simonsen (2021) carried out a large scale empirical population study in Denmark of 855,654 males regarding the alleged value of male circumcision in preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in men. They found that
circumcised men have a higher rate of STI and HIV infection overall than intact men.
