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== Article: What's wrong with the movement for genital autonomy ==

On July 9th of 2014, Katharina von Kellenbach published an article on [http://fsrinc.org/ Feminist Studies on Religion], titled [http://fsrinc.org/blog/whats-wrong-genital-autonomy "What's wrong with the movement for genital autonomy"]. In this article, Katharina attributes the creation of the Genital Autonomy to the [http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/29/german-court-bans-male-circumcision/ Cologne case of 2012] which led to temporary age restriction of circumcision in Germany. In this regard, Katharina is wrong, as the genital autonomy movement can be formally traced at least to 1970 in Florida ([http://www.arclaw.org/newsletter/vol-9/no-1/van-lewis-memoriam/mens-lib-picketers-arrested Van and Benjamin Lewis]), although there are individual books and articles (mostly by physicians but also by humanists) prior to this time, mostly in the countries where secular circumcision had become a custom (United Kingdom - [http://www.cirp.org/library/general/gairdner/ Gairdner, 1949], United States - [http://books.google.com/books?id=5qQhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1487&lpg=PA1487&dq=ap+morgan+vance+surgical+fanaticism+circumcision&source=bl&ots=wo34pR-cMz&sig=Lf_xf5Pt8H69E8al4hMgo7MfBlk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=21O_U6-JDs6yyATvoYCYCQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=ap%20morgan%20vance%20surgical%20fanaticism%20circumcision&f=false AP Morgan Vance, 1900], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Lewis Joseph Lewis, 1949]), some as old as 1894 ([http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=7&id=72&Itemid=51 Elizabeth Blackwell]).

On July 9th of 2014, Katharina von Kellenbach published an article on [http://fsrinc.org/ Feminist Studies on Religion], titled [http://fsrinc.org/blog/whats-wrong-genital-autonomy "What's wrong with the movement for genital autonomy"]. In this article, Katharina attributes the creation of the Genital Autonomy to the [http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/29/german-court-bans-male-circumcision/ Cologne case of 2012] which led to temporary age restriction of circumcision in Germany. In this regard, Katharina is wrong, as the genital autonomy movement can be formally traced at least to 1970 in Florida ([http://www.arclaw.org/newsletter/vol-9/no-1/van-lewis-memoriam/mens-lib-picketers-arrested Van and Benjamin Lewis]), although there are individual books and articles (mostly by physicians but also by humanists) prior to this time, mostly in the countries where secular circumcision had become a custom (United Kingdom - [http://www.cirp.org/library/general/gairdner/ [[Douglas Gairdner|Gairdner]], 1949], United States - [http://books.google.com/books?id=5qQhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1487&lpg=PA1487&dq=ap+morgan+vance+surgical+fanaticism+circumcision&source=bl&ots=wo34pR-cMz&sig=Lf_xf5Pt8H69E8al4hMgo7MfBlk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=21O_U6-JDs6yyATvoYCYCQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=ap%20morgan%20vance%20surgical%20fanaticism%20circumcision&f=false AP Morgan Vance, 1900], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Lewis Joseph Lewis, 1949]), some as old as 1894 ([http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=7&id=72&Itemid=51 Elizabeth Blackwell]).

Katharina uses double quotes when the descriptions do not match her ideal view of reality. For example in reference to the Cologne case, she uses double quotes when she writes the words "grievous bodily harm". These were the words used by the local judge in Cologne to describe the condition of the Muslim child, who had to be put under general anesthesia and operated as a result of the injuries sustained during and as a consequence of his circumcision.

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 == Article: What's wrong with the movement for genital autonomy ==
-On July 9th of 2014, Katharina von Kellenbach published an article on [http://fsrinc.org/ Feminist Studies on Religion], titled [http://fsrinc.org/blog/whats-wrong-genital-autonomy "What's wrong with the movement for genital autonomy"]. In this article, Katharina attributes the creation of the Genital Autonomy to the [http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/29/german-court-bans-male-circumcision/ Cologne case of 2012] which led to temporary age restriction of circumcision in Germany. In this regard, Katharina is wrong, as the genital autonomy movement can be formally traced at least to 1970 in Florida ([http://www.arclaw.org/newsletter/vol-9/no-1/van-lewis-memoriam/mens-lib-picketers-arrested Van and Benjamin Lewis]), although there are individual books and articles (mostly by physicians but also by humanists) prior to this time, mostly in the countries where secular circumcision had become a custom (United Kingdom - [http://www.cirp.org/library/general/gairdner/ Gairdner, 1949], United States - [http://books.google.com/books?id=5qQhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1487&lpg=PA1487&dq=ap+morgan+vance+surgical+fanaticism+circumcision&source=bl&ots=wo34pR-cMz&sig=Lf_xf5Pt8H69E8al4hMgo7MfBlk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=21O_U6-JDs6yyATvoYCYCQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=ap%20morgan%20vance%20surgical%20fanaticism%20circumcision&f=false AP Morgan Vance, 1900], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Lewis Joseph Lewis, 1949]), some as old as 1894 ([http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=7&id=72&Itemid=51 Elizabeth Blackwell]).
+On July 9th of 2014, Katharina von Kellenbach published an article on [http://fsrinc.org/ Feminist Studies on Religion], titled [http://fsrinc.org/blog/whats-wrong-genital-autonomy "What's wrong with the movement for genital autonomy"]. In this article, Katharina attributes the creation of the Genital Autonomy to the [http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/29/german-court-bans-male-circumcision/ Cologne case of 2012] which led to temporary age restriction of circumcision in Germany. In this regard, Katharina is wrong, as the genital autonomy movement can be formally traced at least to 1970 in Florida ([http://www.arclaw.org/newsletter/vol-9/no-1/van-lewis-memoriam/mens-lib-picketers-arrested Van and Benjamin Lewis]), although there are individual books and articles (mostly by physicians but also by humanists) prior to this time, mostly in the countries where secular circumcision had become a custom (United Kingdom - [http://www.cirp.org/library/general/gairdner/ [[Douglas Gairdner|Gairdner]], 1949], United States - [http://books.google.com/books?id=5qQhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1487&lpg=PA1487&dq=ap+morgan+vance+surgical+fanaticism+circumcision&source=bl&ots=wo34pR-cMz&sig=Lf_xf5Pt8H69E8al4hMgo7MfBlk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=21O_U6-JDs6yyATvoYCYCQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=ap%20morgan%20vance%20surgical%20fanaticism%20circumcision&f=false AP Morgan Vance, 1900], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Lewis Joseph Lewis, 1949]), some as old as 1894 ([http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=7&id=72&Itemid=51 Elizabeth Blackwell]).
 Katharina uses double quotes when the descriptions do not match her ideal view of reality. For example in reference to the Cologne case, she uses double quotes when she writes the words "grievous bodily harm". These were the words used by the local judge in Cologne to describe the condition of the Muslim child, who had to be put under general anesthesia and operated as a result of the injuries sustained during and as a consequence of his circumcision.