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For what it’s worth, I agree. I’m circumcised and I turned out ok - but I probably wouldn’t have chosen it, I don’t like the idea of forcing it on people, and i
by water-data-dude 3y ago
For what it’s worth, I agree. I’m circumcised and I turned out ok - but I probably wouldn’t have chosen it, I don’t like the idea of forcing it on people, and it doesn’t seem as though there’s a lot of benefit in a country like the US.
In the case of using male circumcision as a prophylaxis against HIV in Africa, the benefits seem much clearer (there’s an HIV epidemic running out of control), and the WHO guidelines are careful to say “Aimed at adolescent boys and men” in the title:
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/978-92-4-000854-0 https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/978-92-4-000854-0
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoMakes sense. Still painful to read, we didn't cut fingers because hands could transmit and kill covid, but I understand this analogy is not in the same ballpark.