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To: equaviator

Interesting question. As an MD I have DONE over 75 circs. It is a tradition that goes back millennia as opposed to FGM. About the only medical benefit I have ever seen in serious medical literature is penile squamous cell cancer (the male equivalent of cervical cancer) which is rare is non existent in circumcised males. So there may be a real medical benefit which is small. There may be also some resistance theoretically to some STDs. Beyond that I am unaware of any real argument that can be made for either side. Some argue that like FGM it degrades the “intimacy experience” but I don’t think that can ever be tested as there is no “control group” possible. Some would like to make circumcising and FGM equivalent but they really aren’t. Tl/dr: apples to oranges IMHO.


16 posted on 11/21/2018 4:33:49 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute

As an MD you appear frightfully ignorant of the results of FGM and the enormous health impacts.
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/health_consequences_fgm/en/


25 posted on 11/21/2018 4:50:34 AM PST by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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To: wastoute
Some argue that like FGM it degrades the “intimacy experience” but I don’t think that can ever be tested as there is no “control group” possible.

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45 posted on 11/21/2018 5:18:57 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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