Female genital mutilation procedure 'hurted a lot,' child says

[Crunchy Frog]

151. What I wonder at, is the apparent lack of research in means of attaining the same benefits

without something so invasive and potentially risky as surgery in a newborn.

I'm also quite mystified at the fact that there is no system in place for tracking complications, so that they have no real way of making a valid comparison between the risks and potential benefits.

Another thing that I wonder about, is why there has not been any research into possible benefits to other types of surgery that could be done on newborns quickly, easily, and relatively safely. Why not remove the male breast buds for example? They serve no purpose, and male breast cancer is both more prevalent and more deadly than penile cancer in developed countries, even ones where they don't circumcise.

Cultural and social biases shape the basic parameters of the research; the questions that are asked and not asked, the data that's considered relevant, and the data that's ignored.

Most of the developed world suffers from the terrible social injustice of circumcision not being paid for unless it is genuinely needed to treat an actual medical condition.