Originally posted by princeandnpg at 22-9-2010 16:36
I think circumcision is a bit of a sensitive topic for the non-circumcised. Anyone who had a circumcision when they were a baby thinks it's perfectly normal, and there's a lot of evidence from the St ...
There's actually almost NO evidence from the States about it being 'hygienic' that's just nonsense. In fact, the Johns Hopkins study in 1998 found higher STD rates in circumcised men in the U.S. There was one area where the uncut males faired worse and it was in the lifetime incidence of penile cancer and the difference was a mere fraction of 1 percent. Hell the error rate in circumcision is 2% to start with.
The African trials aren't a good comparison for the developed world. And besides, an earlier study in Africa showed just the opposite result. When proper hygiene and regular washing are available the difference disappears. But for comparison look at the U.S.: with the highest circumcision rate in the western world AND the highest HIV rate in the western world. Cutting off foreskins has not worked here.
Cutting off your weiner so that you don't have to wash it is just dumb, and a play for steady income by the docs, and just plain perverted.