| Concerning the Routine Monitoring of Uncircumcised Boys _____________________________________________________ F ROM I NNOCENCE T O I GNORANCE By R. Stuart _____________________________________________________ Back to Booklet Index Back to Library Back to Male-Initiation.net |  | PREFACE (in 2006 to the original 1996 version). A delightful little booklet, wonderfully naive in its mixture of personal experience and scientific facts, full of fascinating theories. FORWORD Our story takes place in Europe, a culture where the men are not routinely circumcised. Around the 1850s, "Mental illness was blamed on tight foreskins, . . as was excessive masturbation" 1 . These phenomena have been misinterpreted and misunderstood, and even today, ideas which bear any resemblance are often considered to be deluded, or "complete nonsense" 2 . If you open your mind, I will attempt to lead you through a minefield of preconceptions. Please read the Summary, (315 words). |
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