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	'''Edgar J. Schoen''' ({{LifeData\|1925\|2016}}) was a [[Circumcised doctors\|circumcised American Physician]] and worked as a Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the {{UNI\|University of California, San Francisco\|UCSF}}.<ref>{{REFweb		The late '''Edgar J. Schoen''' ({{LifeData\|1925\|2016}}) was a [[Circumcised doctors\|circumcised American Physician]] and worked as a Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the {{UNI\|University of California, San Francisco\|UCSF}}.<ref>{{REFweb
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	}}</ref> (''Potential'' means to exist in possibility but not in actuality, so a ''potential benefit'' is not a real benefit.) This was despite their own admission that evidence linking circumcision to prevention of any diseases was inconclusive, with the sole exception of penile cancer (which they noted was mainly caused by unhealthy lifestyles). Given Schoen's history of circumcision advocacy and his position as task force chair, he may have influenced the committee significantly. While the statement spoke glowingly of circumcision, it made no formal recommendation for circumcision, perhaps on advice of counsel.		}}</ref> (''Potential'' means to exist in possibility but not in actuality, so a ''potential benefit'' is not a real benefit.) This was despite their own admission that evidence linking circumcision to prevention of any diseases was inconclusive, with the sole exception of penile cancer (which they noted was mainly caused by unhealthy lifestyles). Given Schoen's history of circumcision advocacy and his position as task force chair, he may have influenced the committee significantly. While the statement spoke glowingly of circumcision, it made no formal recommendation for circumcision, perhaps on advice of counsel.

	The 1989 AAP circumcision statement was not well received. Professor Ronald Poland, M. D., another member of the AAP task force, rejected Schoen's advocacy of non-therapeutic circumcision and published his own paper in which he argued against circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal		The 1989 AAP circumcision statement was not well received. Professor Ronald Poland, M. D., another member of the AAP task force, rejected Schoen's advocacy of non-therapeutic circumcision and published his own paper in which he argued against [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
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	==Death==		== Death ==
	Schoen died in his sleep, at the age of 91 on 23 August 2016, surrounded by his family.<ref>{{REFweb		Schoen died in his sleep, at the age of 91 on 23 August 2016, surrounded by his family.<ref>{{REFweb
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			== Conclusion ==
			Edgar J. Schoen was both Jewish and a medical doctor. He evidently introduced his religion and views regarding the [[Abrahamic covenant]] into his medical practice. His misdeeds regarding [[circumcision]], with the assistance of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], prolonged the practice of [[Pain\| painful]], [[Trauma\| traumatic]], medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] by at least a decade and caused millions of American boys to suffer the unnecessary loss of a functional, erogenous part of their [[penis]].
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	* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]		* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]

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	}}</ref> This may have contributed to his being appointed as chairman of the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) task force on circumcision. (The AAP is a medical trade association which is noted for its [[bias]] in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision from which its members hugely [[Financial incentive\| profit]].)		}}</ref> This may have contributed to his being appointed as chairman of the new [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) task force on circumcision. (The AAP is a [[medical trade association]] which is noted for its [[bias]] in favor of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] from which its members hugely [[Financial incentive\| profit]].)

	In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]],<ref>''American Journal of Diseases in Children'', Vol 141: 128. February 1987</ref> where he pushed for "routine" (meaning without [[medical indication]]), non-therapeutic infant circumcision, but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing circumcision would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that circumcision will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="Slack">{{REFjournal		In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]],<ref>''American Journal of Diseases in Children'', Vol 141: 128. February 1987</ref> where he pushed for "routine" (meaning without [[medical indication]]), non-therapeutic infant circumcision, but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing circumcision would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that circumcision will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="Slack">{{REFjournal
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	}}</ref> Groups such as the [[Gilgal Society]] 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.<ref>{{REFbook		}}</ref> Groups such as the [[Gilgal Society]] 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.<ref>{{REFbook
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	}}</ref> Groups such as the [[Gilgal Society]] 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.<ref>{{REFbook		}}</ref> Groups such as the [[Gilgal Society]] 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.<ref>{{REFbook
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	== Television ==		== Television ==
	Schoen appeared in Penn & Teller's show, "Bullshit" for their [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0672524/ circumcision episode]. Penn reported that Schoen said circumcised penises smell and look better.<ref>{{REFweb		Schoen appeared in Penn & Teller's show, "Bullshit" for their [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0672524/ circumcision episode]. Penn reported that Schoen said [[circumcised]] penises smell and look better.<ref>{{REFweb
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	}}</ref> Schoen later recited some poetry reflective of his belief that the circumcised penis is a thing of beauty:		}}</ref> Schoen later recited some poetry reflective of his belief that the [[circumcised]] penis is a thing of beauty:

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	Schoen's office was in the Julia Morgan building on Broadway that houses [[Kaiser Permanente]]'s genetics department in San Fransico. Only a few yards from the home office of [[Daniel Halperin]], assistant professor of anthropology at UCSF's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPDS).<ref name="Slack"/>		Schoen's former office was in the Julia Morgan building on Broadway that houses [[Kaiser Permanente]]'s genetics department in San Fransico. Only a few yards from the home office of [[Daniel Halperin]], assistant professor of anthropology at UCSF's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPDS).<ref name="Slack"/>

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	}}</ref> This may have contributed to his being appointed as chairman of the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) task force on circumcision. (The AAP is a medical trade association which is noted for its [[bias]] in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision from which its members hugely [[Financial incentive\| profit]].)		}}</ref> This may have contributed to his being appointed as chairman of the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) task force on circumcision. (The AAP is a medical trade association which is noted for its [[bias]] in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision from which its members hugely [[Financial incentive\| profit]].)

	In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]],<ref>''American Journal of Diseases in Children'', Vol 141: 128. February 1987</ref> where he pushed for "routine" (meaning without medical indication), non-therapeutic infant circumcision, but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing circumcision would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that circumcision will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="Slack">{{REFjournal		In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]],<ref>''American Journal of Diseases in Children'', Vol 141: 128. February 1987</ref> where he pushed for "routine" (meaning without [[medical indication]]), non-therapeutic infant circumcision, but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing circumcision would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that circumcision will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="Slack">{{REFjournal
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	==Death==		==Death==
	Schoen died in his sleep, at the age of 91 on August ~~23 of~~ 2016, surrounded by his family.<ref>{{REFweb		Schoen died in his sleep, at the age of 91 on 23 August 2016, surrounded by his family.<ref>{{REFweb
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	}}</ref> This may have contributed to his being appointed as chairman of the new AAP task force on circumcision.		}}</ref> This may have contributed to his being appointed as chairman of the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) task force on circumcision. (The AAP is a medical trade association which is noted for its [[bias]] in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision from which its members hugely [[Financial incentive\| profit]].)

	In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]],<ref>''American Journal of Diseases in Children'', Vol 141: 128. February 1987</ref> where he pushed for "routine" (meaning without medical indication), non-therapeutic infant circumcision, but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing circumcision would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that circumcision will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="Slack">{{REFjournal		In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]],<ref>''American Journal of Diseases in Children'', Vol 141: 128. February 1987</ref> where he pushed for "routine" (meaning without medical indication), non-therapeutic infant circumcision, but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing circumcision would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that circumcision will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="Slack">{{REFjournal

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	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}
			* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]
	* [[Bias]]		* [[Bias]]
	* [[Circumcised doctors]]		* [[Circumcised doctors]]