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Originally Posted by Cain
Please be specific.
I quoted a medical paper, I am not pushing something that I know to be untrue. There is a grey area whether you like to recognize it or not. Another quote from the same article: "The medical harms of circumcision lie mainly in the 1% acute complication rate and the additional patients who require revision of their initial circumcision for cosmetic or medical reasons."
"and one investigator has estimated that it may take approximately 80 neonatal circumcisions to prevent one UTI."
Who is dismissing what now? Nothing grey here?
"Regarding the relationship between STDs and circumcision, patient education and the practice of low-risk sexual behavior make a far greater impact than does routine circumcision in hopes of reducing the spread of HIV and other STDs"
"Proper penile hygiene should all but eliminate the risk for foreskin-related medical problems that will require circumcision."
I don't see how you think people are pushing things they know not to be true when there is clearly medical opinion that the benefits might very well be negligible.
And again, nobody is comparing female circumcision to male straight up, merely arguing that there is really no compelling reason to perform either in today's society.
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A lot of "shoulds" in there. Yes people should wear condoms. Yes people should practice proper hygiene. However, in reality people slip up.
Here's a notice from the CDC that cites many proper medical sources:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/preventio...rcumcision.pdf
Yes, on a statistical level, the cost benefit analysis of everyone getting a circumcision may not be there. However, the effects on the individual are dramatic. Given the catastrophic nature of acquiring HIV or even herpes, the medical benefits of circumcision are clear.
From a policy perspective, it looks like a pendulum. In the 1960s, they were promoting circumcision for sanitary reasons. That slowly faded. Now that they've discovered just how profound the medical benefits are, when it comes to STDs, groups like the CDC are promoting it again.
That being said, there is no consensus on whether governments should promote everyone being circumcised. That doesn't mean that the health benefits aren't there.