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  |publisher=Library of Congress
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  |accessdate=2018-08-23
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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
  |last=Morris
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  |first=Brian J.
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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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</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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  |last=Boyle
  |first=Gregory J.
  |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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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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{{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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