Someone needs to explain why circumcision didn't prevent HIV in the US: 1980s when AIDS epidemic hit, 90% were already circumcised. WHAT HAPPENED? The experiments in Africa were conducted on GROWN MEN. They made a CHOICE. Even if the studies might be correct: 40% of cut males STILL GOT HIV. Bottom line: Being cut does not immunize you against HIV. Even if the studies were true, babies are at 0 risk, since they don't engage in risky sexual practices.
ATLANTA, Dec. 18 - - Male circumcision -- shown to help prevent HIV infection among heterosexual men in Africa -- appears to have the same benefit in African Americans,
researchers here said.
In a retrospective observational analysis, men with known HIV exposure who were
circumcised had a 51% reduction in the risk of getting HIV, according to Lee Warner, Ph.D., of the CDC and colleagues.
April 18, 2008 — Uncircumcised men are at an increased risk for infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), including oncogenic types, in the glans/corona of the penis, researchers from University of Hawaii in Honolulu report.
In a multiethnic, predominantly heterosexual study population, 46% of uncircumcised
men had HPV infection in the glans/corona compared with 29% of circumcised men.
This guy is a moron. So we're all just getting bent out of shape over routinely mutilating babies for no good reason?
Newsflash Joel: The wisom teeth aren't for decoration and the appendix does actually have a function. The foreskin has 20,000 nerve endings and keeps the glans moist and extremely senitive to sexual stimulation.
That's what you take from a baby when you circumcise him. You also put him at risk of infection and disfigurement from errors in surgery. Read the facts.
The skeptics contended that many of the circumcised men might still become infected over time.
In the circumcision group, 24, or 2.6 percent of men became infected compared with 65, or 7.4 percent, among the uncircumcised group over three and a half years of follow-up. Statistical techniques showed the procedure reduced the chances of H.I.V. infection by
Most gay men are circumcised, any connection? Yes, there is. If you circumsise your male child, it will most likely become gay, and he will buy an american car.
ENOUGHS ENOUGH NOW!! Its time to give our boys THEIR choice back!! KEEP YOUR STICKY BECK OF HIS PRIVATE PARTS TILL HES OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DECISION HIMSELF!!
To all you SURGIONS out there performing this ACT OF MUTILATION may you one day come to account for your mistakes as this barbaric procedure is now becoming more and more known and recognized as being one big *$#@ UP!.
The appendix DOES have a function. They just didn't know what it was until recently. Wisdom teeth, I still have mine after half a century, they are still good. If the intent was not to reduce sexual sensitivity, and they still thought it needed to be done, circumcision would remove skin from the BASE of the penis, not the "working end" where the sexual nerves are(were). However, the intent is obvious, to deprive a man of his full sexual ability.
"Cleanliness" is a no-brainer: Women get stinky smeg too, but they manage with a shower. People seem to forget this.
HPV is a joke. There is no solid evidence, and besides. There are already shots for that.
UTIs? Girls get them more than boys, cut or not. It's just as cureable with anti-biotics in boys.
FACT: Most men who die of HIV in the US are circumcised. Go figure.
What is the medical indication for circumcision in a healthy child? If there is not, isn't it MEDICAL FRAUD?
JLC981 3 years ago
Someone needs to explain why circumcision didn't prevent HIV in the US: 1980s when AIDS epidemic hit, 90% were already circumcised. WHAT HAPPENED? The experiments in Africa were conducted on GROWN MEN. They made a CHOICE. Even if the studies might be correct: 40% of cut males STILL GOT HIV. Bottom line: Being cut does not immunize you against HIV. Even if the studies were true, babies are at 0 risk, since they don't engage in risky sexual practices.
JLC981 3 years ago
Circumcision Reduces Risk of Herpes Simplex-2
By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today February 05, 2008
BOSTON, Feb. 5 -- Circumcision reduced the risk of acquiring herpes simplex-2 (HSV-2)
by 24% in a randomized clinical trial in Africa.
Chockles 3 years ago
Male Circumcision Seen to Lower HIV Risk in U.S.
By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today
Published: December 18, 2008
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Chockles 3 years ago
ATLANTA, Dec. 18 - - Male circumcision -- shown to help prevent HIV infection among heterosexual men in Africa -- appears to have the same benefit in African Americans,
researchers here said.
In a retrospective observational analysis, men with known HIV exposure who were
circumcised had a 51% reduction in the risk of getting HIV, according to Lee Warner, Ph.D., of the CDC and colleagues.
Chockles 3 years ago
Reuters Health Information 2008
Uncircumcised Men at Risk for HPV Infection of Glans Penis
News Author: Anthony J. Brown, MD
CME Author: Charles Vega, MD
Chockles 3 years ago
April 18, 2008 — Uncircumcised men are at an increased risk for infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), including oncogenic types, in the glans/corona of the penis, researchers from University of Hawaii in Honolulu report.
In a multiethnic, predominantly heterosexual study population, 46% of uncircumcised
men had HPV infection in the glans/corona compared with 29% of circumcised men.
Chockles 3 years ago
This guy is a moron. So we're all just getting bent out of shape over routinely mutilating babies for no good reason?
Newsflash Joel: The wisom teeth aren't for decoration and the appendix does actually have a function. The foreskin has 20,000 nerve endings and keeps the glans moist and extremely senitive to sexual stimulation.
That's what you take from a baby when you circumcise him. You also put him at risk of infection and disfigurement from errors in surgery. Read the facts.
Sambucca 3 years ago
Protective Effects of Circumcision Are Shown to Continue After Trials End
The New York Times
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Published: August 11, 2008
MEXICO CITY — A follow-up look at men who were circumcised in an African study shows
that the procedures protective effects against H.I.V. last for at least three and a
half years, researchers said at the 17th International AIDS Conference here last week.
Chockles 3 years ago
The skeptics contended that many of the circumcised men might still become infected over time.
In the circumcision group, 24, or 2.6 percent of men became infected compared with 65, or 7.4 percent, among the uncircumcised group over three and a half years of follow-up. Statistical techniques showed the procedure reduced the chances of H.I.V. infection by
64 percent.
Chockles 3 years ago
Most gay men are circumcised, any connection? Yes, there is. If you circumsise your male child, it will most likely become gay, and he will buy an american car.
Georgenfla 3 years ago 2
Someone let me know how this ends. This guy was too unwatchable for me.
Oh yeah, btw, uncut is best.
curiousnyc2001 3 years ago 4
I am not an activist, but I think that babies are too young to give consent. Also evolution has probably given people foreskin for a reason.
EdwardTheHauntedBoy 4 years ago 2
haha is joel cut?
milesrago 4 years ago
ENOUGHS ENOUGH NOW!! Its time to give our boys THEIR choice back!! KEEP YOUR STICKY BECK OF HIS PRIVATE PARTS TILL HES OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DECISION HIMSELF!!
To all you SURGIONS out there performing this ACT OF MUTILATION may you one day come to account for your mistakes as this barbaric procedure is now becoming more and more known and recognized as being one big *$#@ UP!.
AGAINSTCIRC 4 years ago
The appendix DOES have a function. They just didn't know what it was until recently. Wisdom teeth, I still have mine after half a century, they are still good. If the intent was not to reduce sexual sensitivity, and they still thought it needed to be done, circumcision would remove skin from the BASE of the penis, not the "working end" where the sexual nerves are(were). However, the intent is obvious, to deprive a man of his full sexual ability.
lochinvar00465 4 years ago 3
Circumcision is a violation of the basic human right to have a complete body. Thanks for speaking out!
mc4bbs 4 years ago 4