Alan F. Guttmacher: Difference between revisions

(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)

Line 23:

== Circumcision promoter ==

Although Guttmacher was probably [[circumcised]] on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], and would have no personal experience of a [[foreskin]], he claimed expert knowledge. As a circumcised doctor, one would expect him to be biased in favor of [[circumcision]].

Although Guttmacher was probably [[circumcised]] on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], and would have no personal experience of a [[foreskin]], he claimed expert knowledge. As a [[circumcised]] doctor, one would expect him to be biased in favor of [[circumcision]].

In 1941, Guttmacher erronously claimed ~~that~~ [[foreskin]] would cause dirt to collect under the [[Foreskin#Foreskin_in_infancy_and_childhood| foreskin in newborns]]. He spread the false claim that a baby's foreskin must be forcibly retracted and scrubbed daily which is basically impossible without violence due to the [[synechia]] which adheres the foreskin to the [[glans]]. He promoted mass [[circumcision]] as a means of blunting male [[Foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensitivity]].<ref name="Guttmacher1941">{{REFjournal

In 1941, Guttmacher erronously claimed the presence of a [[foreskin]] would cause dirt to collect under the [[Foreskin#Foreskin_in_infancy_and_childhood| foreskin in newborns]]. He spread the false claim that a baby's foreskin must be forcibly retracted and scrubbed daily which is basically impossible without violence due to the [[synechia]] which adheres the foreskin to the [[glans]]. He promoted mass [[circumcision]] as a means of blunting male [[Foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensitivity]].<ref name="Guttmacher1941">{{REFjournal

|last=Guttmacher

|first=Allan F.

Line 41:

* [[Bias]]

* [[Circumcised doctors]]

* [[United States of America]]

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 == Circumcision promoter ==
-Although Guttmacher was probably [[circumcised]] on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], and would have no personal experience of a [[foreskin]], he claimed expert knowledge. As a circumcised doctor, one would expect him to be biased in favor of [[circumcision]].
+Although Guttmacher was probably [[circumcised]] on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], and would have no personal experience of a [[foreskin]], he claimed expert knowledge. As a [[circumcised]] doctor, one would expect him to be biased in favor of [[circumcision]].
-In 1941, Guttmacher erronously claimed that [[foreskin]] would cause dirt to collect under the [[Foreskin#Foreskin_in_infancy_and_childhood| foreskin in newborns]]. He spread the false claim that a baby's foreskin must be forcibly retracted and scrubbed daily which is basically impossible without violence due to the [[synechia]] which adheres the foreskin to the [[glans]]. He promoted mass [[circumcision]] as a means of blunting male [[Foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensitivity]].<ref name="Guttmacher1941">{{REFjournal
+In 1941, Guttmacher erronously claimed the presence of a [[foreskin]] would cause dirt to collect under the [[Foreskin#Foreskin_in_infancy_and_childhood| foreskin in newborns]]. He spread the false claim that a baby's foreskin must be forcibly retracted and scrubbed daily which is basically impossible without violence due to the [[synechia]] which adheres the foreskin to the [[glans]]. He promoted mass [[circumcision]] as a means of blunting male [[Foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensitivity]].<ref name="Guttmacher1941">{{REFjournal
   |last=Guttmacher
   |first=Allan F.
@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
 * [[Bias]]
 * [[Circumcised doctors]]
+* [[United States of America]]
 {{LINKS}}