Actually the thing I was reading isn't quite finished yet, here's a clinical trial still in progress for the rest of this year: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02854995 … Guess I'll keep an eye on that
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Are you sure you aren’t just applying the no true Scotsman fallacy? I agree with you. But I was disagreeing with the “intactivist” (that said it should be banned completely) to see if I could learn something new here.
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While I'm reluctant to speak for anyone but myself, I've yet to see an Intactivist argue the procedure should be outright banned, in every case. Rather infant circumcision should be banned, medical should be considered a last resort, and adult a decision for the man himself.
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There's also no way to justify a 77% circumcision rate medically. Australia's is somewhere around 20-25%, still too high imo, and we don't have millions of men unable to urinate or copulate. My intact boys have had no issues, and will be in the majority as they get older.
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No, you’re getting off-track here. My argument was with a self-proclaimed “intactivist” about whether or not it’s genital mutilation or a medical procedure. I then showed evidence that it was a medical procedure, not mutilation. I disagree with doing it for no reason.
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A procedure is only labeled as 'medical' when said procedure is medically indicated. Since, if left alone most intact men have no issues with their foreskins, if done prior to any issues being apparent, it's mutilation.
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Removing a woman's breasts for no reason would be mutilation. Having a double mastectomy because you have a genetic profile that virtually guarantees early and terminal breast cancer is a medical procedure.
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And even if that case, we don't do that surgery until a woman is old enough to legally consent to it.
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Phimosis can be detected early. Preputioplasty would be harder than circumcision for babies. Balanitis infections can be really dangerous for babies, and if they’re one of the 11% of clinical attendees or catch it from another child, circumcision can prevent it from recurring.
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Indeed, indeed. What adult men do to their own body is not our business.
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