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Tue Jun 9, 2015, 12:41 AM

Jun 2015

http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/guide/circumcision

During a circumcision, the foreskin is freed from the head of the penis, and the excess foreskin is clipped off. If done in the newborn period, the procedure takes about five to 10 minutes. Adult circumcision takes about one hour. The circumcision generally heals in five to seven days.

There is some evidence that circumcision has health benefits, including:

A decreased risk of urinary tract infections.
A reduced risk of some sexually transmitted diseases in men.
Protection against penile cancer and a reduced risk of cervical cancer in female sex partners.
Prevention of balanitis (inflammation of the glans) and balanoposthitis (inflammation of the glans and foreskin).
Prevention of phimosis (the inability to retract the foreskin) and paraphimosis (the inability to return the foreskin to its original location).
Circumcision also makes it easier to keep the end of the penis clean..

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No one should be cut against his/her stated wishes SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #1

The background is a couple using their 4yo son as a political football during a messy divorce Recursion Jun 2015 #2

Well, SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #3

Circumcised men are not 'mutilated' nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #4

If you say so. SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #5

I do. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #6

Just for the record, SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #7

Yes they are. The procedure results in irreparable damage Luminous Animal Jun 2015 #14

"Irreparable damage" geek tragedy Jun 2015 #16

Please tell me your procedure for bringing that foreskin back. Luminous Animal Jun 2015 #22

No damage. Had they removed my appendix I would feel the same way. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #28

Haha, laugh it up. F4lconF16 Jun 2015 #56

I'm not so much "anti-circumcision"... Scootaloo Jun 2015 #8

I have more sympathy to that view Recursion Jun 2015 #9

Link? (Not being snarky, seriously interested) nt SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #11

Here you go Recursion Jun 2015 #12

"high HIV and low male circumcision prevalence" joshcryer Jun 2015 #23

Yeah, the issue is the age not the merits of the procedure. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #34

Here's one Lancero Jun 2015 #13

I don't think that's a very valid argument Scootaloo Jun 2015 #15

Asdf geek tragedy Jun 2015 #18

And when performed on an adult, there is consent from the person receiving the procedure Scootaloo Jun 2015 #21

As is the case for all medical decisions regarding kids. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #25

Foreskins are not an airborne communicable disease with high infant mortality Scootaloo Jun 2015 #27

Parents make medical decisions for their kids. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #35

Rubella is a childhood disease, caught and transmitted by infant and toddlers Scootaloo Jun 2015 #40

Toddlers grow up to be adults with sex lives. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #41

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #44

I will go with what pediatricians recommend. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #46

And I will go with what ethics demand Scootaloo Jun 2015 #51

Cervical cancer rates were known to be much lower among people with historically higher circumcision Hekate Jun 2015 #30

We are Catholic - both 840high Jun 2015 #54

Bingo. nt SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #10

The decision is pretty much made one way or the other by the parent. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #17

And the person with the foreskin can have it removed if he wants to Scootaloo Jun 2015 #19

It's a much more difficult, complicated, and painful procedure for an adult. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #20

And the adult will be weighing those benefits and risks and coming to his own decision Scootaloo Jun 2015 #24

Nice academic argument, but not one that has much meaning to geek tragedy Jun 2015 #26

If you want it done, you can have it done Scootaloo Jun 2015 #32

Again, illusory choice. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #33

All cosmetic surgery hurts and requires some psychological adaptation Scootaloo Jun 2015 #36

It's not cosmetic surgery. There are clear public health benefits geek tragedy Jun 2015 #37

It is cosmetic surgery, Geek Scootaloo Jun 2015 #42

And if they never had non-monogamous sex at all there would be zero STDs! geek tragedy Jun 2015 #45

Too bad that's not my argument, Geek. But nice straw man Scootaloo Jun 2015 #49

I've been told informed consent is an important part of medical ethics Dragonfli Jun 2015 #29

I don't know the details, but the fact that he is being used by two parents davidpdx Jun 2015 #47

You state that you are not sure of the accuracy of this info, but we should all contact the hospital Hekate Jun 2015 #31

Not sure DOXing is what DU wants to be known for. This should be deleted or hidden. nt Bonobo Jun 2015 #38

Not sure what DOXing is...? Hekate Jun 2015 #39

Here Bonobo Jun 2015 #43

Ah yes, Internet stalking is a well known technique among anti-choice terrorists. They like to... Hekate Jun 2015 #48

I did. Bonobo Jun 2015 #50

Good call Hekate Jun 2015 #52

I think the "circumcised men are mutilated" angle is particularly bad. Bonobo Jun 2015 #53

I can't understand the human obsession with altering and mutilating genitalia. underahedgerow Jun 2015 #55