A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.71 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226136450 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Surgical Temptation reveals the history of practice, and the arguments for and against circumcision in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. Robert Darby has undertaken an extremely worthwhile topic that adds considerably to our knowledge of sexual attitudes and medical practices. It should be of interest to a wide range of audiences interested in the history of medicine, gender, and sexuality."
Spectacular Book Gets Highest Possible Recommendation Medical historian Robert Darby and the University of Chicago Press have released A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin & the Rise of Circumcision in Britain. A Surgical Temptation is another of several books published in recent years by intactivists or sympathizers with intactivism. (Full disclosure: While in Australia in 2003, I spent some brief yet treasured time with the author, who more recently has joined with me in coauthoring a paper currently under consideration for publication.) Given the publisher, the book naturally boasts top production values. D. A real eye opener The author did a fantastic job tracing the history of male circumcision and how it became popular in the Western world. He presents everything in a comprehensive, easy to follow fashion and the book gave me a firm grounding on the subject's main arguments. Now I will move on to tracing the history of the practice in the United States up to the present day. The author dropped a bomb on me when he revealed how the surgeons who practiced circumcision knew that part of its purpose was to reduce the sensitivity of the penis. If you are interested in this important subject which is. Stephen DeJarnatt said but I do want to say that the author does seem to have done his research and I would also like to commend him for NOT shying awa. I have not finished reading this yet, but I do want to say that the author does seem to have done his research and I would also like to commend him for NOT shying away from the word "penis". Unfortunately, in my 'prolitarian' opinion this litarary work is written by a very angry man who seems to be trying to pick a fight, especially with people who died long ago. This book has been a good read though and very provocative, hence why I accorded it four stars.
Robert Darby reveals that circumcision has always been related to the question of how to control male sexuality. Examining the development of knowledge about genital anatomy, concepts of health, sexual morality, the rise of the medical profession, and the nature of disease, Darby shows how these factors transformed attitudes toward the male body and its management and played a vital role in the emergence of modern medicine.. H. Thirty years later the procedure again came under hostile scrutiny, culminating in its disappearance during the 1960s.Why Britain adopted a practice it had traditionally abhorred and then abandoned it after only two generations is the subject of A Surgical Temptation. Auden. A century later, British doctors urged parents to circumcise their sons as a routine precaution against every imaginable sexual dysfunction, from syphilis and phimosis to masturbation and bed-wetting. In the eighteenth century, the Western world viewed circumcision as an embarrassing disfigurement peculiar to Jews. This study explores the process by which the male genitals, and the foreskin especially, were pathologized, while offering glimpses into the lives of such figures as James Boswell, John Maynard Keynes, and W