Circumcision - Medical Myths

J. Steven Svoboda, founder and executive director of A.R.C. Law - Attorneys for the Rights of Child, discusses the curious medical history of circumcision and the recent attempts by circumcision proponents to apply it to HIV/AIDS.

Visit the Attorneys for the Rights of Child - ARC Law website at:
http://www.arclaw.org/

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• infant
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• penis
• foreskin
• vagina
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• wounding
• law
• HIV
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• mutilation
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[666katch]

North America adopted this technique from Israel, they did it in thinking it would

be cleaner and prevent disease and North America adopted this tecnique

for fashion reasons. No where else in the world is circumcise!

[Bonobo3D]

@666katch It's more complicated that that.

[Elenkhos]

Oh Bullshit...lets not mention recent studies that show that uncircumcised men have a risk of cancer of the penis far greater than circumcised men, not to mention yeast infections, and cervical cancer that they give their girlfriends...lets ignore the real medical research and talk about some BULLSHIT

[Bonobo3D]

@Elenkhos Cancer of the penis is one of the rarest forms of cancer, rarer that breast cancer in men. The American Cancer society does not support circumcision as a preventative for any type of cancer.

Circumcision of children is genital mutilation. Forced circumcision is aggravated sexual assault. If you think you are protected from cancer by lopping off part of your penis then you are misinformed, but go ahead, its your body. Children however need to be protected from such insane propaganda.

[gdcat777]

Tell this to Bill and Melinda Gates.

[Bonobo3D]

@gdcat777 Indeed Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill Clinton and Stephen Lewis are some of the people who are part of the problem.

[Stretchalot1]

Great video - thank you so much.

It always AMAZES me the complete absence of real-world benefits is virtually never mentioned in mainstream reporting of circumcision having a role in the fight against HIV/AIDS. What awful ignorance...

[lochinvar00465]

Curious of note that while the rates of HIV are declining, it is happening at a time when fewer sexually active men in the US are circumcised.

As a male who was genitally mutilated, I have in the span of over 30 years of sexual activity, used a condom about 5 times. The complete lack of sensation makes it not even worth my time if a condom is used.

Had those thousands of nerve endings been left on me, I might have actually felt something thru a condom.

[Cozzi0]

Any circumcised person please take the time to view this video, paste /watch?v=oq0G1vl1V20 at the end of the youtube.com url this is a serious organisation whose mission is to use new regenerative medicines to regrow foreskins for circumcised men, the organisation needs as much support and donations as possible and just by spreading the word you will be doing the organisation a huge favour. Please pass this along and thumbs up!

Links to the website are on the Foregen channel!

[TiniNormi]

@Elenkhos

You defended male genital cutting on the grounds of cancer prevention.

I pointed out how female genital cutting does more for cancer prevention.

If that makes me a sick fucker, what does it make you?

A hypocrite.

[Elenkhos]

@TiniNormi You're a sick fucker you know that. I did not get up today thinking about little girls genitals until you came along you freak'n pervert, stop polluting my mind with your sick talk.

[TiniNormi]

@Elenkhos

Penile cancer is one of the rarest forms of cancer.

Cancer of the vulva is at least twice as common. Let's cut off little girls' genitals.

[PungiFungi]

@Elenkhos , actually men gets more testicular cancer than penile cancer. So I guess men can be castrated to prevent it. I think that is what happened to most American men. They don't even have the balls to stand up in defense of their bodies and continue to perpetuate it.

[neechee5150]

@Elenkhos June 18 2009 Lancet According to Dr. Maria J. Wawer of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and colleagues. "Circumcision of HIV-infected men did not reduce HIV transmission to female partners over 24 months; longer-term effects could not be assessed. Condom use after male circumcision is essential for HIV prevention," they concluded.

[neechee5150]

@Elenkhos Yeast infections are caused by an overgrowth of the normal fungi that lives in the vaginal area. The most common fungi is Canidida albicans. Overgrowth of Canidida is often a result of recent use of antibiotics, or by wearing clothing such as nylon or lycra that traps moisture and heat. Other factors that often contribute to yeast infections include pregnancy, obesity, PMS, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes.

You need to do some legitimate research on yeast infections

[psandbergnz]

@Elenkhos, evidence that circumcision cuts penile cancer is WEAK! The Canadian Paediatric Society says under "neonatal circumcision revisited":

"In developed nations, the annual rate of penile cancer is 0.3 to 1.1 per 100,000 men. In the USA, it is about 1 per 100,000 men.This is similar to the rates in Norway and Sweden, where circumcision is rare".

Non-circumcising Europe (where I'm from) has no more of a penile (or cervical) cancer problem than the USA (which is about 80% circ'd)!