The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Difference between revisions

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Never mind guns; the real danger to American kids is foreskins" - or so elements of the American medical industry would like us to believe.

Never mind guns; the real danger to American kids is foreskins" — or so elements of the American medical industry would like us to believe.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

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* Is it the prestige of scientific journals?

* Is it because babies can’t say No?

* Why is it that Americans cling to routine circumcision of male infants when the rest of the developed world is trying to discourage or even prohibit the operation?

* Why is it that Americans cling to [[Routine Infant Circumcision| routine circumcision of male infants]] when the rest of the developed world is trying to discourage or even prohibit the operation?

Are Americans really more afraid of [[foreskin| foreskins]] than of homosexuals? In this provocative survey, medical historian Robert Darby aims to place this American exceptionalism in historical perspective and consider why — despite mounting opposition — circumcision still thrives in the [[United States]] long after it has been abandoned by the other anglophone countries that originally took it up.

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 [[Image:Sorcerers apprentice.jpg]]
-Never mind guns; the real danger to American kids is foreskins" - or so elements of the American medical industry would like us to believe.
+Never mind guns; the real danger to American kids is foreskins" — or so elements of the American medical industry would like us to believe.
 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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 * Is it the prestige of scientific journals?
 * Is it because babies can’t say No?
-* Why is it that Americans cling to routine circumcision of male infants when the rest of the developed world is trying to discourage or even prohibit the operation?
+* Why is it that Americans cling to [[Routine Infant Circumcision| routine circumcision of male infants]] when the rest of the developed world is trying to discourage or even prohibit the operation?
 Are Americans really more afraid of [[foreskin| foreskins]] than of homosexuals? In this provocative survey, medical historian Robert Darby aims to place this American exceptionalism in historical perspective and consider why — despite mounting opposition — circumcision still thrives in the [[United States]] long after it has been abandoned by the other anglophone countries that originally took it up.