Brian S <ender_ctc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well then, if human patients (baby boys in the case
> > of male genital mutilation)
> > cannot hope to experience protection as good as that
> > provided to animals, that
> > supports my contention that this instance of
> > violence toward men and masculinity
> > (amputating the prepuce) exemplifies hatred (or at
> > best, indifference) toward
> > male sexuality. The absence of any research studies
> > to determine the
> > psychological effects of circumcision provides
> > further evidence of aversion to
> > the subject of men's issues.
> >
> > --J. R.
>
> Actually, I think this is just a case of tradition
> being very hard to overcome.
There may be less of a tradition there than you think. In a very casual search of under five minutes, I found numerous references to the topic area. A real effort at scholarship would probably turn up a broader array of references. The belief that there is an "absence of any research studies to determine the psychological effects of circumcision" does not appear to be the case.
Psychological Impact of Circumcision AltaVista: BJU International, Volume 83 Supplement 1, Pages 93-102, January 1, 1999. The psychological impact of circumcision. R. GOLDMAN Circumcision Resource... WebCrawler: BJU International, Volume 83 Supplement 1, Pages 93-102, January 1, 1999 The psychological impact of circumcision GOLDMAN Circumcision Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Yahoo!: - discusses the psychological impact of male circumcision on infants, children, parents, adults, medical doctors, and s... 1000, http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/ (AltaVista, WebCrawler, Yahoo!)
(http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/ contains a number of different studies on the topic, some of them going back decades.)
RECENT MEDICAL STUDIES ON CIRCUMCISION Excite: CIRCUMCISION RESOURCE
CENTER P.O. Box 232 • Boston, MA 02133 • Tel/Fax (617)523-0088
crc@circumcision.org • www.circumcision.org Recent Medical Studies On
Circumcision Infoseek: P.O. Box 232 Boston, MA 02133 Tel/Fax (617)523-
0088 crc@circumcision.org www.circumcision.org Recent Medical Studies
On
Circumcision Circumcision Results in Significant Loss of Erogenous
Tissue
A ... WebCrawler: CIRCUMCISION RESOURCE CENTER P.O. Box 232 • Boston,
MA
02133 • Tel/Fax (617)... 768, http://www.circumcision.org/studies.htm
474, http://www.cirp.org/library/ (WebCrawler)
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Circumcision AltaVista: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCUMCISION. April 30-May 3, 1991 San Francisco, California. Bonner, Charles, J.D. Circumcision: The. Excite: April 30-May 3, 1991 San Francisco, California Bonner, Charles, J.D. Chamberlain, David B., Ph.D. Denniston, George, M.D. Larue, Gerald A. Ph.D. Montagu, Ashley, Ph.D., D.Sc. 368, http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/index.html (AltaVista, Excite)
(Also worth checking is the first, third and fourth symposium's proceedings.)
Academic NATIONAL RESOURCES INDEX ElderLogo2.gif (5932 bytes) ABUSED MEN ACADEMIC/EDUCATIONAL ADDICTION CIRCUMCISION FATHERING FA 338, http://www.themenscenter.com/NMR02.htm (Lycos)