‘Wounded religious masculinities’: Muslim men’s opposition against male circumcision in Turkey

Barutçu, Atilla

doi:10.1080/14683849.2022.2103408

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“…This article has sought to introduce Foreskin Quarterly to readers, while also providing ideas about how pornography and activism interdigitate throughout the periodical's publication history, initially by braiding together articles and photographs, and later by focusing on the visuals. Given an increasing interest in anti-circumcision activism and intactivism today (Barutçu, 2023;Kennedy & Sardi, 2016;Rassbach, 2016;Sardi, 2011), both as a practiced and embodied activism and as a scholarly pursuit, it seems worthwhile for scholars to also consider and recognize the role of a magazine like Foreskin Quarterly. Moreover, scholars of intactivism should consider the importance of so-called "grey literature," such as pornography, because these texts are often quite rich and complex, just as in recent years there has been a proliferation of very interesting and provocative self-published materials, which are largely absent from the research.…”

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Reading Foreskin Quarterly: Aesthetics as Argument Against Circumcision

Allan

2023

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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In this article, I set out to study Foreskin Quarterly, which was the Official Publication of the Uncircumcised Society of America (USA). Over the course of its history, it changed editorial hands and publishers hands several times, and with each change the magazine shifted direction that influenced and affected its original goals of foreskin activism. I argue that this magazine braided together pornography and activism in a way that was novel and important because in arguing against circumcision, it also sought to reclaim and eroticize the foreskin in a culture where the foreskin was anomalous and rare. Unfortunately, this magazine has largely gone unread by scholars, not just of pornography, but also of circumcision, and men’s bodies more generally. This article, thus, contributes to a growing body of scholarship on anti-circumcision activism, while also arguing for the importance of pornography in that activist milieu.

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Reading Foreskin Quarterly: Aesthetics as Argument Against Circumcision

Allan

2023

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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Is Circumcision “Necessary” in Islam? A Philosophical Argument Based on Peer Disagreement

Dabbagh

2022

J Relig Health

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In recent years, there has been a resurgence in debates on the ethics of child genital cutting practices, both female and male, including within a Muslim context. Opponents of female genital cutting sometimes assert that the practice is not mentioned explicitly in the Qur’an as a way of implying that it does not have any religious standing within Islam. However, neither is male genital cutting mentioned explicitly in the Qur’an, and yet most people accept that it is a Muslim religious practice. Both practices, however, are mentioned in secondary sources of Islamic jurisprudence, with disagreement among religious authorities about the status or authenticity of some of these sources. This paper considers the religious status of both female and male genital cutting practices within Islam and employs a philosophical argument based on “peer disagreement” to ask whether either practice is necessary (i.e., religiously required) for a devout Muslim to endorse.

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Following western conceptions of masculinity: homohysteria and transgressive bodies in a masculine Turkish environment

Kavasoglu,

Anderson

2024

Psychology & Sexuality

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‘Wounded religious masculinities’: Muslim men’s opposition against male circumcision in Turkey

Cited by 3 publications

References 51 publications

Reading Foreskin Quarterly: Aesthetics as Argument Against Circumcision

Reading Foreskin Quarterly: Aesthetics as Argument Against Circumcision

Is Circumcision “Necessary” in Islam? A Philosophical Argument Based on Peer Disagreement

Following western conceptions of masculinity: homohysteria and transgressive bodies in a masculine Turkish environment

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