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2012-04-14, 08:30 PM | [Ignore Me] #1 | ||
First Sergeant
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Curious to here what people think of male circumcision.
I personally have mixed feelings. On one hand I have heard it helps lower chance of contracting aids/hiv. On the other, I've heard it traumatizes newborns, lowers sexual pleasure and is pointless. Thoughts? |
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2012-04-14, 08:57 PM | [Ignore Me] #7 | ||
First Sergeant
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Well...WHO recommended doing it in Africa in 2010 I believe...and there are many who are against it. A huge growing trend against it actually. If I am remembering right...the WHO said they have "an uphill battle" with promoting circumcision
I'd say it is more political, or at least just as political, as topics such as the trayvon martin case. Cultural "politics" I suppose. EDIT: I was wrong...it was the CDC who said it helps against HIV...NOT the WHO Last edited by Vecha; 2012-04-14 at 09:01 PM. |
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2012-04-14, 09:03 PM | [Ignore Me] #9 | ||
Second Lieutenant
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The implication that circumcision is child abuse, yes; though I wasn't really joking; I think it's scary that people believe that and want more state intervention in a system that is progressively attacking individual freedom/family autonomy.
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2012-04-14, 09:13 PM | [Ignore Me] #11 | ||
If you live in Africa or someplace else with a very high rate of HIV infection and limited/no access to condoms, it may be practical to be circumcised so as to make it less likely you will contract HIV. If you live in a place where you have the luxury of posting on a message forum, your odds of contracting HIV, even if for some reason you absolutely refuse to use condoms and only sleep with IV drug users, is still low.
If it is child abuse (and one could fairly easily make a case that it is) is it not appropriate that the state intervene? |
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2012-04-14, 09:32 PM | [Ignore Me] #13 | |||
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I can respect your opinion, but at this moment I don't think there should be intervention... I don't see enough evidence that shows it is as devastating/traumatic as child abuse. One report I read said they stopped the experiment halfway through due to it being against their good conscious to continue. I can see the overall opinion on this shifting towards the mutilation stand point in maybe a few decades. |
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2012-04-14, 09:33 PM | [Ignore Me] #14 | ||
I'd also like it if people who feel circumcision is fine and should be legal to write about why (or if) they think female circumcision should be illegal. What makes it okay for a baby boy to be circumcised but not for a girl to be? Or are they both equally permissible?
It is the removal of healthy, functional tissue without medical necessity. It's mutilation. It's just mutilation which the **** have been doing for ages, so it's something we're all pretty used to the idea of. Last edited by Warborn; 2012-04-14 at 09:37 PM. |
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