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Originally Posted by blankall
There are over 3000 new HIV infections in Canada every year. On top of that you have deaths caused by other STIs like HPV.
Yes, circumcision comes with its risks. However, holding out a single case as a reason to ban circumcision is the same logic the anti-vaccination crowd follows. You hold out the tragic, yet extremely rare, case of harm as an example of the norm. Meanwhile the hundreds of HIV cases it prevents every year don't create the same shocking headlines.
The CDC and AMA are now stating that the health benefits outweigh the risks. The Canadian Pediatrics Society recently reversed their position recommending against it towards an entirely balanced approach:
http://www.cps.ca/documents/position/circumcision
Essentially, the health benefits are clear, but "ethics" are a consideration which prevents these organizations from recommending it across the board. |
Yet there are ways to try and prevent STIs that make a practice like circumcision completely redundant. Championing it as an effective method for preventing disease when there are better and easier ways to do so seems very odd to me. Why are we continuing to cut off pieces of kids when we could be teaching them how to care for/protect themselves properly instead? How is that a better option?
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Originally Posted by Armchair Quarterback
Of course, aesthetically speaking, women probably have less affinity for the anteater look. .
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I'm interested in hearing women chime in on this. It was a notion that seemed pretty prevalent when I was young, leading to teasing of anyone who was revealed to be that way. It bred a sexual self-consciousness in me, something that kids definitely don;t need on top of everything else.
As an adult, I have rarely even had a woman mention it, and the few that have say they don't really notice a difference. Could be just lip service, but there were never complaints and we continued to go about our business. I have a few friends who are uncut as well and none of us have ever had a girl decide she wasn't hopping on because we weren't cut.
So I'm genuinely interested in a woman's take. Why is there a stigma against it, or is that just a social perception? If you DO find it more attractive, can you explain why you prefer something cut after the fact vs what it is actually supposed to be?