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Genital cutting does NOT prevent HIV. Condoms and education prevent HIV. Circumcision is medical fraud.
it is called hygiene wash under the hood more than once a week and bacteria is less a problem. When are they going to study the link between circumcision and ED?
Circumcision causes significant pain and trauma, behavioral and neurological changes in infants, potential parental stress from persistent crying (colic) of infants, disrupted bonding between parent and child, and risk of surgical complications. Other consequences of circumcision include loss of a natural, healthy, functioning body part, reduced sexual pleasure, potential psychological problems, and unknown negative effects that have not been studied. See www.circumcision.org.
Female genitals are harder to clean than men's, but we don't cut parts off baby girls to make it easier. Male circumcision doesn't seem to help against AIDS either. From a USAID report "There appears no clear pattern of association between male circumcision and HIV prevalenceâ??in 8 of 18 countries with data, HIV prevalence is lower among circumcised men, while in the remaining 10 countries it is higher."
Chris
It would be much better to just promote condom use and educate people about safe sex. Condoms are far more effective at preventing HIV than circumcision. The research behind promoting circumcision is all too often biased with hidden agendas to profit off the practice or push religious beliefs with no regard for human rights.
May 3, 2013