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== Personal bias ==
== Personal bias ==
Like anyone else, a scientist or researcher of [[circumcision]] may have a personal bias in favor of circumcision if he is circumcised, a father of circumcised children, or if she is married to a circumcised partner and/or is a mother of circumcised children.<ref name="lebourdais1995" /> A personal bias is a conflict of interest, because reporting accurate findings in studies regarding circumcision is at odds with a personal interest in defending the irrevocable procedure of circumcision for one's self, a circumcised spouse, or one's circumcised children. The interests of a circumcision "researcher" may also lie in a personal sexual fixation with the circumcised penis and/or the act of circumcision itself. (See [[circumfetish]].)
Like anyone else, a scientist or researcher of [[circumcision]] may have a personal bias in favor of circumcision if he is [[circumcised]], a father of [[circumcised]] children, or if she is married to a [[circumcised]] partner and/or is a mother of [[circumcised]] children.<ref name="lebourdais1995" /> A personal bias is a conflict of interest, because reporting accurate findings in studies regarding circumcision is at odds with a personal interest in defending the irrevocable procedure of circumcision for one's self, a [[circumcised]] spouse, or one's [[circumcised]] children. The interests of a circumcision "researcher" may also lie in a personal sexual fixation with the [[circumcised]] penis and/or the act of [[circumcision]] itself. (See [[circumfetish]].)


== "Anti-circumcision bias" ==
== "Anti-circumcision bias" ==