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[[Ronald Goldman]] (1999) reports circumcised doctors will write papers to support non-therapeutic circumcision: | [[Ronald Goldman]] (1999) reports circumcised doctors will write papers to support non-therapeutic circumcision: | ||
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|Text=One reason that flawed studies are published is that science is affected by cultural values. A principal method of preserving cultural values is to disguise them as truths that are based on scientific research. This 'research' can then be used to support questionable and harmful cultural values such as circumcision. This explains the claimed medical 'benefits' of circumcision.<ref name="goldman1999" /> | |Text=One reason that flawed studies are published is that science is affected by cultural values. A principal method of preserving cultural values is to disguise them as truths that are based on scientific research. This 'research' can then be used to support questionable and harmful cultural values such as circumcision. This explains the claimed medical 'benefits' of circumcision. | ||
|Author=[[Ronald Goldman]] | |||
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