Infant circumcision: the last stand for the dead dogma of parental (sovereignal) rights
J S Mill used the term ‘dead dogma’ to describe a belief that has gone unquestioned for so long and to such a degree that people have little idea why they accept it or why they continue to believe it. When wives and children were considered chattel, it made sense for the head of a household to have...
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Journal of medical ethics
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