Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:09 PM

Study links autism with circumcision

The circumcision of boys is controversial and hotly debated in many countries.

Advocates of circumcision point to cultural, religious, hygiene-related and medical reasons for the procedure, while opponents argue that it infringes on bodily rights and is a severe, painful assault on the individual which can lead to life-long physical and mental damage, with no relevant advantages to health.

A study now pours a little more oil on the flames.

According to the new study, which included 340,000 Danish boys, it looks as though circumcision increases the risk of developing autism.

http://sciencenordic.com/study-links-autism-circumcision

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46 replies	Author	Time	Post
Study links autism with circumcision (Original post)	Jesus Malverde	Mar 2015	OP
yikes	olddots	Mar 2015	#1
It will be like "King Kong v Godzilla"	AngryAmish	Mar 2015	#38
"Causality remains unproven."	Comrade Grumpy	Mar 2015	#2
Yes.	elleng	Mar 2015	#4
This, will likely be a very long contentious thread. I'm stocking up on	RKP5637	Mar 2015	#3
This thread needs more Olive Garden. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Mar 2015	#8
+1, n/t	RKP5637	Mar 2015	#22
And a pit bull.	hifiguy	Mar 2015	#23
Go back to the store	jmowreader	Mar 2015	#20
That sounds like mistaking correlation for causation	Spider Jerusalem	Mar 2015	#5
Great observation...nt	Jesus Malverde	Mar 2015	#6
It could be due to a shared environmental cause. Maybe Lamb causes Autism? n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Mar 2015	#12
It's also a question of the over-design of sensitivity... sample size of 340,000???	HereSince1628	Mar 2015	#26
Interesting study, in terms of circumcison being a trauma inducing event	Zorra	Mar 2015	#7
Riiiight. Because there are so many autistic Jews and Arabs. Throughout history.	Hekate	Mar 2015	#9
What?	uppityperson	Mar 2015	#17
In both of these Abrahamic religions, male circumcision is a religious requirement....	Hekate	Mar 2015	#25
Thank you, I understand all that, was wondering about the autism crack.	uppityperson	Mar 2015	#28
I was bein really, really sarcastic about the "study." nt	Hekate	Mar 2015	#29
Thank you, that is what I thought but am trying to clarify vs assume. nt	uppityperson	Mar 2015	#32
There's a place that I could go with this, but...	AnnieBW	Mar 2015	#10
all we need now is moon bombing, chicken, Olive Garden, pit bulls and breast-feeding....	steve2470	Mar 2015	#11
Nothing will ever,	hifiguy	Mar 2015	#24
Chemtrails! Don't forget those. nt	LiberalEsto	Mar 2015	#35
I call BS on their study.	Quackers	Mar 2015	#13
As a hypothetical, much better diagnostic evaluations...	Fumesucker	Mar 2015	#15
Correlation does not equal causation. Eating pickles before conception is linked with autism too	uppityperson	Mar 2015	#14
Study links autism with studies...	MrScorpio	Mar 2015	#16
bingo!	LiberalEsto	Mar 2015	#37
In the comments there was a link to another study	oregonjen	Mar 2015	#18
That is interesting.	Chemisse	Mar 2015	#34
Now that sounds very reasonable. Most baby boys were circumcized before they were two weeks	jwirr	Mar 2015	#41
No medication is used.	dgibby	Mar 2015	#44
They were giving local lidocaine in that time period. But I hadn't heard about Tylenol	pnwmom	Mar 2015	#45
Don't they teach simple stats to researchers?	Igel	Mar 2015	#43
I think this depends on eating at the Olive Garden in Manhattan, before having one.	madinmaryland	Mar 2015	#19
Well...whatever...	Laffy Kat	Mar 2015	#21
I knew a church that on the Feast of the Circumcision sang the hymn. ..	hrmjustin	Mar 2015	#27
makes sense always told men think with their dicks	dembotoz	Mar 2015	#30
It was not all that long ago when every boy child in the USA was circumsized. I wonder what the	jwirr	Mar 2015	#31
I don't think they gave the babies any pain medicine in those days.	Chemisse	Mar 2015	#36
I was about 10 years old and in the hospital for surgery. One day I heard this poor child screaming	jwirr	Mar 2015	#40
My brothers were born in the late '40s - late '50s & they were....	Hekate	Mar 2015	#39
.	hunter	Mar 2015	#33
Wow. You are one brave dude, Jesus.	beam me up scottie	Mar 2015	#42
And yet in the US, circumcision rates have been falling while autism is rising. But I wouldn't	pnwmom	Mar 2015	#46

Response to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:13 PM

olddots (10,237 posts)

1. yikes

this may get interesting .

Study links autism with circumcision

1. yikes

38. It will be like "King Kong v Godzilla"

2. "Causality remains unproven."

4. Yes.

3. This, will likely be a very long contentious thread. I'm stocking up on

8. This thread needs more Olive Garden. n/t

22. +1, n/t

23. And a pit bull.

20. Go back to the store

5. That sounds like mistaking correlation for causation

6. Great observation...nt

12. It could be due to a shared environmental cause. Maybe Lamb causes Autism? n/t

26. It's also a question of the over-design of sensitivity... sample size of 340,000???

7. Interesting study, in terms of circumcison being a trauma inducing event

9. Riiiight. Because there are so many autistic Jews and Arabs. Throughout history.

17. What?

25. In both of these Abrahamic religions, male circumcision is a religious requirement....

28. Thank you, I understand all that, was wondering about the autism crack.

29. I was bein really, really sarcastic about the "study." nt

32. Thank you, that is what I thought but am trying to clarify vs assume. nt

10. There's a place that I could go with this, but...

11. all we need now is moon bombing, chicken, Olive Garden, pit bulls and breast-feeding....

24. Nothing will ever,

35. Chemtrails! Don't forget those. nt

13. I call BS on their study.

15. As a hypothetical, much better diagnostic evaluations...

14. Correlation does not equal causation. Eating pickles before conception is linked with autism too

16. Study links autism with studies...

37. bingo!

18. In the comments there was a link to another study

34. That is interesting.

41. Now that sounds very reasonable. Most baby boys were circumcized before they were two weeks

44. No medication is used.

45. They were giving local lidocaine in that time period. But I hadn't heard about Tylenol

43. Don't they teach simple stats to researchers?

19. I think this depends on eating at the Olive Garden in Manhattan, before having one.

21. Well...whatever...

27. I knew a church that on the Feast of the Circumcision sang the hymn. ..

30. makes sense always told men think with their dicks

31. It was not all that long ago when every boy child in the USA was circumsized. I wonder what the

36. I don't think they gave the babies any pain medicine in those days.

40. I was about 10 years old and in the hospital for surgery. One day I heard this poor child screaming

39. My brothers were born in the late '40s - late '50s & they were....

33. .

42. Wow. You are one brave dude, Jesus.

46. And yet in the US, circumcision rates have been falling while autism is rising. But I wouldn't