Sunday, February 17, 2019

Apples and Oranges

Describing clitoridectomy and infibulation as “female circumcision” is kind of like describing a beheading as “He has accidentally cut himself shaving.”

It Is Not Meant To Be Torture

Even though circumcision was probably invented as a means to mark the transition to adulthood, and pain was an integral part of the experience, it was never meant to be torture.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Bizarre Implications of the Circumcision Stapler

Apparently in China anyone can just buy a circumcision stapler on the Internet.
And "it is much cheaper than having the procedure done in a hospital" -- Ouch!

Just because you can buy the tools on-line it does not mean you should use them on yourself or your family members.

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Check this out: The Fallen Foreskin

Very interesting story about an Indian man finally getting a circumcision at the age of 29 after suffering for over a decade from paraphimosis:
The Fallen Foreskin

Sunday, July 29, 2018

HIV Prevention

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-circumcision-helps-prevent-hiv-infection/

The bottom line: circumcision protects heterosexual men from HIV acquisition via sexual intercourse with the greatest benefits accruing in developing nations that are hardest hit by the epidemic.

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Danish Nanny State On Circumcision

A Danish group says petition seeking to set a minimum age of 18 for non-medical male circumcision in the country has gathered the required 50,000 signatures to send the proposal to Parliament for debate later this year.
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/some-danes-seek-to-limit-male-circumcision-to-18-and-over

So if you live in Denmark and you want to get a circumcision when you are 16 the government says that you cannot, even if you parents would agree.

And this is supposed to be somehow the protection of your rights? More like the government making your decisions for you.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Adult Male Circumcision Can Reduce Hiv Transmission

"Three randomised studies in countries with high HIV rates - South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda - have confirmed that male adult medical circumcisions can reduce HIV transmission from women to men by as much as 60 per cent, and from men to women by about 15 per cent. This significant reduction in HIV transmission also correlates with the reduction in transmission of other sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis, herpes, hepatitis and HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)."

From: http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/may/22/adult-male-circumcision-can-reduce-hiv/