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  |publisher=Library of Congress
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}}</ref>) is a molecular biologist and retired professor of molecular medical sciences at the {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}, {{AUSC|NSW}}, Australia.<ref>{{REFweb
}}</ref>) is a molecular biologist and retired professor of molecular medical sciences at the {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}, {{AUSC|NSW}}, [[Australia]].<ref>{{REFweb
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}} Archive: [[File:Circinfo why-you-should-not-delay.pdf]]</ref>
}} Archive: [[File:Circinfo why-you-should-not-delay.pdf]]</ref>
Andersen-Giberson (2025) describes Morris' many published articles as "biased" and "inaccurate".<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal
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|author-link=Dale Andersen
|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework
|journal=Critical Disability Discourses
|date=2025-12
|volume=10
|issue=2
|pages=1-37
|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786
|accessdate=2026-03-12
|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens.
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|accessdate=2026-03-12
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Morris is also a member of the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref name="gilgal4women">{{REFbook
Morris is also a member of the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref name="gilgal4women">{{REFbook
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  |journal=The American Association of Anesthesiologists Newsletter
  |journal=The American Association of Anesthesiologists Newsletter
  |date=1998-09-01
  |date=1998-09-01
}}</ref> Infant circumcision has been shown to be traumatic in many cases.<ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref> We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Infant circumcision has been shown to be traumatic in many cases.<ref>{{REFjournal
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</ref> The extent of little Brian's [[trauma]], if any, is not known, however his adult behaviour is suggestive of a deeply traumatised person with a compulsion to repeat the [[Pain#Traumatic_effect_of_infant_circumcision| trauma]] of infant [[circumcision]] on others.<ref name="vanderkolk1989">{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref>  
</ref> The extent of little Brian's [[trauma]], if any, is not known, however his adult behaviour is suggestive of a deeply traumatised person with a compulsion to repeat the [[Pain#Traumatic_effect_of_infant_circumcision| trauma]] of infant [[circumcision]] on others.<ref name="vanderkolk1989">{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref>  


We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Brian Morris may be considered to be a victim of [[circumcision]]. It is likely that Morris's adult [[bias]] for [[circumcision]], as reflected in his writings, derived from his infant experience and his lack of personal experience of a [[foreskin]].<ref name="boyle2012>{{REFjournal
We now understand that infant [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|adverse childhood experience]] and causes physical and psychic [[trauma]]. Brian Morris may be considered to be a victim of [[circumcision]]. It is likely that Morris's adult [[bias]] for [[circumcision]], as reflected in his writings, derived from his infant experience and his lack of personal experience of having a [[foreskin]] and experiencing the [[erogenous sensation of the foreskin]].<ref name="boyle2012>{{REFjournal
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  |first=Gregory J.
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=== Original website ===
=== Original website ===
Brian Morris ran a circumcision website hosted by the {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}. While no longer on {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}} equipment, www.circinfo.net is again operational.<ref>{{REFweb
Brian Morris formerly ran a circumcision website hosted by the {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}. The {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}} asked Brian Morris not to associate his views on circumcision with his position at the university. While no longer on {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}} equipment, www.circinfo.net is again operational.<ref>{{REFweb
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  |publisher={{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}
  |publisher={{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}
  |accessdate=2011-09-17
  |accessdate=2011-09-17
}} Archive: http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~bmorris/circumcision.shtml</ref> The {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}} asked Brian Morris not to associate his views on circumcision with his position at the university.
}} Archive: http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~bmorris/circumcision.shtml</ref>


=== Recommended ===
=== Recommended ===
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Morris's papers are noted for the frequent citation of previous works by Morris and others of his clique. His co-authors are usually members of his clique. He openly publishes a list of his authors which are also members of the alleged medical organisation [[Circumcision Academy of Australia]], with most of them highly biased in favor of circumcision for several reasons.
Morris's papers are noted for the frequent citation of previous works by Morris and others of his clique. His co-authors are usually members of his clique. He openly publishes a list of his authors which are also members of the alleged medical organisation [[Circumcision Academy of Australia]], with most of them highly biased in favor of circumcision for several reasons.


=== Bias revealed ===
It has been observed in 2024 that Morris now publishes only in open access free journals. It appears that the more respected journal no longer accept his papers.
 
=== [[Bias]] revealed ===
Professor [[Gregory J. Boyle]] has reviewed an article by Morris & [[John N. Krieger| Krieger]] and explained the devices and tricks Morris uses to make the evidence support his [[bias]]ed pre-ordained conclusion.<ref>{{REFjournal
Professor [[Gregory J. Boyle]] has reviewed an article by Morris & [[John N. Krieger| Krieger]] and explained the devices and tricks Morris uses to make the evidence support his [[bias]]ed pre-ordained conclusion.<ref>{{REFjournal
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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.<ref>{{REFweb
Crossdisciplinary researcher [[Brian D. Earp]] revealed very graphically how totally biased authors, like Morris and his co-authors,<ref name="andersen2025" /> can place pseudoscientific papers in important journals without their [[bias]] being admitted or discovered before publication.<ref>{{REFweb
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  |date=2018-12-30
  |accessdate=2023-01-10
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Morris gets his friends and associates to review his articles to give them the illusion of having been impartially reviewed.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Journal editor resigns over firestorm from circumcision article
|url=https://retractionwatch.com/2016/11/22/journal-editor-resigns-over-firestorm-from-circumcision-article/
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Australia]]
* [[Bias]]
* [[Bias]]
* [[Circumcised doctors]]
* [[Circumcised doctors]]
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{{LINKS}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Brian_Morris_(biologist)|Brian Morris (biologist)}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdGbXdEo93U Crazy Man: Brian J. Morris] -- Video.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdGbXdEo93U Crazy Man: Brian J. Morris] -- Video.
* [https://www.skeptic.org.uk/magazine/onlinearticles/infant-circumcision/ Does science support infant circumcision? A skeptical reply to Brian Morris]. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
* [https://www.skeptic.org.uk/magazine/onlinearticles/infant-circumcision/ Does science support infant circumcision? A skeptical reply to Brian Morris]. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
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