
Ep. 178 | American Circumcision: Preference or Cultural Hypnosis?
About this episode
Brendon Marotta is a filmmaker whose feature-length documentary, American Circumcision, won multiple awards & can be found on Amazon & YouTube. In this episode, we talk about the surprising history of circumcision, the practice today, parental consent & why this is so hard to talk about, but female circumcision isn’t.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 48: FORCED MARRIAGE IN AMERICA
Guest: https://www.hegemonmedia.com/ | https://brendonmarotta.com/ | https://twitter.com/bdmarotta | https://www.instagram.com/bdmarotta/
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