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|publisher=Library of Congress
|accessdate=2018-08-23
}}</ref>) is a molecular biologist and retired professor of molecular medical sciences at the {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}, Australia.<ref>{{REFweb
|last=Morris
|first=Brian J.
|title=Professor Brian Morris
|url=http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/genetic/staff/profiles/bmorris.php
|publisher=The {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}: Head of Discipline
|accessdate=2011-03-07
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|location=Sydney, NSW, Australia
|publisher={{UNI|University of New South Wales |UNSW}} Press
|isbn=0-86840-537-X
|note=
=== Attempts to sack Dr. Karl S. Kruszelnicki ===
Brian Morris tried to use his status as a professor at the {{UNI|University of Sydney |USYD}} to pressure the university to sack Dr. Karl S. Kruszelnicki, from his position as Julius Sumner Miller Fellow in the School of Physics.<ref>{{REFweb
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''Professor Brian Morris''<br>
''{{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}''
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In addition to writing a letter to the newspaper, and trying to get the {{UNI|University of Sydney |USYD}} to sack Dr Kruszelnicki from his position, Morris also filed a formal complaint of bias against the Sydney Morning Herald with the Australian Press Council.<ref>{{REFweb
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=== 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 [https://www.en.aau.dk/ {{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
=== Original Website ===
Brian Morris ran a circumcision website hosted by the [https://www.sydney.edu.au {{UNI|University of Sydney]|USYD}}. While no longer on {{UNI|University of Sydney |USYD}} equipment, www.circinfo.net is again operational.<ref>{{REFweb
|last=Morris
|first=Brian J.
|title=Medical benefits from circumcision
|url=http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~bmorris/circumcision.shtml
|publisher={{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}
|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.
=== Recommended ===
== CircLeaks incident ==
On March 7th 2011, a new user account by the name of [[User:Brianm|Brianm]] signed up for Circleaks,<ref>Circleaks user creation log, 00:08 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=newusers&user=Brianm&page=&year=&month=-1</ref> attempted to blank this page,<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:15 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3112&oldid=2363</ref> then successfully blanked the page entirely.<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:19 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3113&oldid=3112</ref> A few minutes later [[User:Brianm|Brianm]] added Brian Morris' website (circinfo.net) to the page,<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:24 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3114&oldid=3113</ref> then added and removed edit=brianm.<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:29 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3116&oldid=3114</ref><ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:29 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3117&oldid=3116</ref> At this point an Administrator reverted the removal,<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:30 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Brian_J._Morris&curid=28&diff=3118&oldid=3117</ref> and locked the page due to repeated attempts of removal without discussion.<ref>Circleaks history log for Brian J. Morris, 00:31 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=protect&user=&page=Brian+J.+Morris&year=&month=-1</ref> A message was then posted on [[User talk:Brianm|Brianm's talkpage]], notifying the user that their removals have been reverted, that if a statement is shown to be false it will be removed, and that registering simply to delete content that's incriminating to someone isn't compatible with Circleaks wiki policies.<ref>Circleaks history log for [[User talk:Brianm]], 19:02 March 7th 2011 http://circleaks.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Brianm</ref> A Circleaks administrator checked the IP address of [[user:brianm|brianm]] and found the user to be in Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, {{UNI|University of Sydney|USYD}}.<ref>{{REFweb
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