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{{Notebox|Brian Morris has been attempting to keep the information on this page (then on [[IntactWiki]]) from staying available to the public. On 7 March 2011, Morris attempted to remove this page; more on that [[Brian_J._Morris#CircLeaks_incident|here]]. On 26 April 2012, Morris removed information from his website and pamphlets due to information published on this page, information published about the Gilgal Society, and due to an arrest of Vernon Quaintance as a result of information on [[Vernon Quaintance|Quaintance's page]]. You can review this page, and the related pages, to see what Brian Morris doesn't want you to know.}}
|'''Notice:''' Brian Morris has been attempting to keep the information on this page (then on [[IntactWiki]]) from staying available to the public. On 7 March 2011, Morris attempted to remove this page; more on that [[Brian_J._Morris#CircLeaks_incident|here]]. On 26 April 2012, Morris removed information from his website and pamphlets due to information published on this page, information published about the Gilgal Society, and due to an arrest of Vernon Quaintance as a result of information on [[Vernon Quaintance|Quaintance's page]]. You can review this page, and the related pages, to see what Brian Morris doesn't want you to know.
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  |publisher=Library of Congress
  |publisher=Library of Congress
  |accessdate=2018-08-23
  |accessdate=2018-08-23
}}</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
  |last=Morris
  |first=Brian J.
  |first=Brian J.
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  |accessdate=2011-03-07
  |accessdate=2011-03-07
}} 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
|last=Andersen-Giberson
|init=D
|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.
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2026-03-12
}}</ref>


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
  |last=Levy
  |last=Levy
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  |pages=7-25
  |pages=7-25
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/levy1/
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/levy1/
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
}}</ref><ref>{{TaddioA KatzJ IlersichAL KorenG 1997}}
|last=Taddio
|init=A
|last2=Katz
|init2=J
|last3=Ilersich
|init3=AL
|last4=Koren
|init4=G
|title=Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain response during subsequent routine vaccination
|journal=Lancet
|date=1997
|volume=349
|issue=9052
|pages=599-603
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/taddio2/
  |quote=It is, therefore, possible that the greater vaccination response in the infants [[circumcised]] without anaesthesia may represent an infant analogue of a post-traumatic stress disorder triggered by a traumatic and painful event and re-experienced under similar circumstances of pain during vaccination.
  |quote=It is, therefore, possible that the greater vaccination response in the infants [[circumcised]] without anaesthesia may represent an infant analogue of a post-traumatic stress disorder triggered by a traumatic and painful event and re-experienced under similar circumstances of pain during vaccination.
|pubmedID=9057731
</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>  
|DOI=10.1016/S0140-6736(96)10316-0
}}</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 trauma of infant circumcision on others.<ref name="vanderkolk1989">{{REFjournal
|last=van der Kolk
|first=Bessell
|init=B
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=The compulsion to repeat the trauma: re-enactment, revictimization, and masochism
|journal=Psychiatr Clin North Am
|location=
|date=1989-06
|volume=12
|issue=2
|pages=389-411
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/vanderkolk/
|quote=
|pubmedID=2664732
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|accessdate=2022-10-27
}}</ref>  


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 a [[foreskin]].<ref name="boyle2012>{{REFjournal
  |last=Boyle
  |last=Boyle
  |first=Gregory J.
  |first=Gregory J.
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=== Attempts to block a research paper from being published ===
=== Attempts to block a research paper from being published ===
In 2011, [[Morten Frisch]], {{MD}}, {{PhD}}, a professor of sexual health epidemiology at [https://www.ssi.dk/ Statens Serum Institut] in Copenhagen and at {{UNI|Aalborg University|AAU}} in [[Denmark]], published a study, which showed an excess of orgasm difficulties in circumcised men, as well as significantly increased frequencies of orgasm difficulties, pain during intercourse and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfillment in women with circumcised spouses.<ref>{{FrischM LindholmM GroenbaekM 2011}}</ref>
In 2011, [[Morten Frisch]], {{MD}}, {{PhD}}, a professor of sexual health epidemiology at [https://www.ssi.dk/ Statens Serum Institut] in Copenhagen and at {{UNI|Aalborg University|AAU}} in [[Denmark]], published a study, which showed an excess of orgasm difficulties in [[circumcised]] men, as well as significantly increased frequencies of orgasm difficulties, pain during intercourse and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfillment in women with [[circumcised]] spouses.<ref>{{FrischM LindholmM GroenbaekM 2011}}</ref>


This study was preceded by three other publications based on the same dataset, dealing with sexual dysfunctions in Danish men and women in relation to socioeconomic factors, health factors and lifestyle factors, respectively, which were swimmingly published without serious criticisms from peer reviewers in the two most prestigious US journals of sexual health, the ''Journal of Sexual Medicine'' and ''Archives of Sexual Behavior''. After adding the variable of male circumcision status to the analysis, however, the study was met with extremely critical reviews of everything about the entire dataset.<ref>{{REFweb
This study was preceded by three other publications based on the same dataset, dealing with sexual dysfunctions in Danish men and women in relation to socioeconomic factors, health factors and lifestyle factors, respectively, which were swimmingly published without serious criticisms from peer reviewers in the two most prestigious US journals of sexual health, the ''Journal of Sexual Medicine'' and ''Archives of Sexual Behavior''. After adding the variable of male [[circumcision]] status to the analysis, however, the study was met with extremely critical reviews of everything about the entire dataset.<ref>{{REFweb
  |date=2012-12-06
  |date=2012-12-06
  |title=Circumcision and Sexual Function Difficulties
  |title=Circumcision and Sexual Function Difficulties
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  |publisher=Circumstitions
  |publisher=Circumstitions
  |accessdate=2012-04-27
  |accessdate=2012-04-27
}}</ref> The documents were his leaflets promoting circumcision, bearing the imprint of the Gilgal Society.<ref name="wayback-gilgal-leaflets"/><ref name="guide4parents"/><ref name="gilgal4women"/> Recently, the head of the Gilgal Society, [[Vernon Quaintance]], has been convicted of possessing child pornography.<ref name="pedophile"/><ref name="malta"/>
}}</ref> The documents were his leaflets promoting circumcision, bearing the imprint of the Gilgal Society.<ref name="wayback-gilgal-leaflets"/><ref name="guide4parents"/><ref name="gilgal4women"/> Recently, the head of the Gilgal Society, [[Vernon Quaintance]], had been convicted of possessing child pornography.<ref name="pedophile"/><ref name="malta"/>


Until the 26th of April, 2012, Morris's leaflet, "Circumcision A Guide For Parents", said it was published by Brian Morris & The Gilgal Society, with the society's address and logo.<ref name="wayback-gilgal-leaflets"/><ref name="guide4parents"/> As of the 26th of April, 2012, all references to the society are gone, along with a reference to Morris's "interest in circumcision".
Until the 26th of April, 2012, Morris's leaflet, "Circumcision A Guide For Parents", said it was published by Brian Morris & The Gilgal Society, with the society's address and logo.<ref name="wayback-gilgal-leaflets"/><ref name="guide4parents"/> As of the 26th of April, 2012, all references to the society are gone, along with a reference to Morris's "interest in circumcision".
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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
  |last=Morris
  |last=Morris
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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' circumcision expertise refuted ==
== Morris' circumcision expertise refuted ==
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<youtube>id3M6gNju68</youtube>
<youtube>id3M6gNju68</youtube>


==Summary==
==Summary==


'''Brian James Morris''', a [[circumcised]] native of [[Australia]], has devoted his life to the promotion of [[circumcision]] and [[foreskin]] loss for all males everywhere, however, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians' official advice on circumcision rejects all of his claims.<ref>{{REFweb
'''Brian James Morris''', a [[circumcised]] native of [[Australia]], has devoted his life to the promotion of [[circumcision]] and [[foreskin]] loss for all males everywhere, however, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians' official advice on circumcision rejects all of his claims.<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/circumcision-of-infant-males.pdf?sfvrsn=eaa32f1a_10
  |url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/circumcision-of-infant-males.pdf?sfvrsn=eaa32f1a_10
  |title=Circumcision of Infant Males
  |title=Circumcision of Infant Males
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== Biased [[publications]] ==
== Biased [[publications]] ==


{{NOTE}} IntactiWiki does not recommend the publications indexed in this section.
{{Notebox|IntactiWiki does ''not'' recommend the publications indexed in this section.}}


In March of 2011, Morris published a paper in ''Am J Prev Med'' called "Circumcision denialism unfounded and unscientific." He had the paper co-authored by [[Daniel Halperin]], [[Edgar J. Schoen]], [[Stephen Moses]], and others.<ref>{{REFjournal
In March of 2011, Morris published a paper in ''Am J Prev Med'' called "Circumcision denialism unfounded and unscientific." He had the paper co-authored by [[Daniel Halperin]], [[Edgar J. Schoen]], [[Stephen Moses]], and others.<ref>{{REFjournal
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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.
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
|last=Boyle
|first=Gregory J.
|init=GJ
|author-link=Gregory J. Boyle
|title=Does Male Circumcision Adversely Affect Sexual Sensation, Function, or Satisfaction? Critical Comment on Morris and Krieger (2013)
|journal=Advances in Sexual Medicine
|date=2015-01-31
|volume=5
|pages=7-12
|url=https://file.scirp.org/pdf/ASM_2015033116102429.pdf
|accessdate=2023-01-10
|format=PDF
}}</ref>
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
|last=Earp
|first=Brian D.
|init=BD
|author-link=Brian D. Earp
|url=https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1079164114784714752.html
|title=People seem interested in how a small group of researchers with an agenda can 'rig' a "systematic review" in medicine to make it say whatever they want [...]
|date=2018-12-30
|accessdate=2023-01-10
}}</ref>
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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|publisher=World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics
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=== Co-authors ===
=== Co-authors ===
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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.