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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Georganne Chapin]]
* [[Intact America]]
* [[Intactivism]]
* [[Please Don't Cut the Baby]]
* [[United States of America]]
added official book description
{{BookInfo
|Author=[[Georganne Chapin ]] with [[Echo Montgomery Garrett]]|Title=This Penis Business: A Memoir|Subtitle=A Memoir
|Pages=338
|Format=6x9"
|Edition=First
|Editor=
}}
== Official book description ==
CIRCUMCISION CUTS THROUGH US ALL.
In her eye-opening memoir, [[Georganne Chapin]] exposes the business of medical [[circumcision]]. This unnecessary and most common pediatric surgery in the [[United States of America|United States]] permanently reduces the size and alters the function of a boy's [[penis]] for the rest of his life. Every year, nearly 1.5 million baby boys are assaulted in American hospitals and doctors' offices, subjecting them to pain, functional and psychological damage, and a forever-altered sexual experience. Chapin traces circumcision's U.S. roots from 19th Century fears of [[masturbation]] to stereotypes about race, class, religion, and male sexuality. She describes how what started as a way to keep men and women from enjoying sex morphed into a for-profit medical practice - one that is rare or unknown in Europe, non-Muslim Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Finally, she shows how physician organizations, especially the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP), have worked for decades to fraudulently promote circumcision's [[Arguments pro circumcision|supposed benefits]] and suppress facts about circumcision harm and [[death]]s, and how they refuse to acknowledge the procedure as a gross violation of basic [[medical ethics]]. Indeed, the AAP now characterizes [[MGM|male genital mutilation]] as a matter of "culture" and "parental preference" - a position that, conveniently, shields trade associations and their physician members from legal and financial liability. This book is a punch-in-the-gut wake-up call that will enrage and empower anyone impacted by the [[Financial incentive|multi-billion-dollar penis business]].
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Georganne Chapin]]
* [[Intact America]]
* [[Intactivism]]
* [[Please Don't Cut the Baby]]
* [[United States of America]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.lucidhousepublishing.com/this-penis-business|2024-05-15}}
* {{REFdocument
|title=Preview
|url=https://skininthegame.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/This-Penis-Business.PDFPreview.pdf
|publisher=Intact America
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2024-01-27
}}
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