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There is the whole, reduces your chances of contracting HIV thing... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127372/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art

There is the whole, reduces your chances of contracting HIV thing... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127372/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127372/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-circumcision-helps-prevent-hiv-infection/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-c... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5594533/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5594533/ Edit: for those down voting, please see child comment with additional studies that are also current and cover multiple populations. HN is generally opening to arguments backed by peer reviewed research, I don’t know why this topic would be any different. Also, DannyBee’s comment is interesting, regarding this article having been previously debunked

bodas 8y ago
Chopping the whole thing off would reduce the risk of HIV even further.
- patagonia 8y ago
  I actually don’t understand why providing links to articles with scientific research spanning a decade that backs up a hygiene practice that reduces the costs of one our lifetimes worst global health epidemics would elicit such snarky sarcasm. I actually don’t
  - rootusrootus 8y ago
    Please be aware how much of that research sources back to a few studies in Africa. There are a few essential differences between the US and Africa beyond foreskin.
    - patagonia 8y ago
      How about a study published this month: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199453 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... Or one that considers multiple countries: https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/7974070 https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/7974070 Or a 2010 article about men in the United States: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0008723 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... I’m literally finding this stuff by googling on my cell phone, so clearly you’ve not bothered to check yourself. Given the costs in dollars and lives I don’t understand the biases toward writing this off.
  - bodas 8y ago
    I apologise for the snark. However there are other much more effective forms of HIV prophylaxis, such as condoms. I find it hard to imagine that any adult would choose to circumcise themselves because they were worried about HIV.

bodas 8y ago

Chopping the whole thing off would reduce the risk of HIV even further.

patagonia 8y ago
I actually don’t understand why providing links to articles with scientific research spanning a decade that backs up a hygiene practice that reduces the costs of one our lifetimes worst global health epidemics would elicit such snarky sarcasm. I actually don’t
- rootusrootus 8y ago
  Please be aware how much of that research sources back to a few studies in Africa. There are a few essential differences between the US and Africa beyond foreskin.
  - patagonia 8y ago
    How about a study published this month: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199453 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... Or one that considers multiple countries: https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/7974070 https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/7974070 Or a 2010 article about men in the United States: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0008723 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... I’m literally finding this stuff by googling on my cell phone, so clearly you’ve not bothered to check yourself. Given the costs in dollars and lives I don’t understand the biases toward writing this off.
- bodas 8y ago
  I apologise for the snark. However there are other much more effective forms of HIV prophylaxis, such as condoms. I find it hard to imagine that any adult would choose to circumcise themselves because they were worried about HIV.