Only 77% of U.S. men are circumcised. It isn’t routine. It has multiple detailed, legitimate medical uses. So tell me if it fits the definition of mutilation? I’m still looking to have my mind changed here.
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Replying to @RonOfTheAgora @_Undersized_ and
In 70 % of cases, the phimosis can be treated with a prescription-free salve from the pharmacy. For the remaining 30 % there's a stretching option or foreskin-preservative operation available. Everyone who tells another story is spreading wrong informations.
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Replying to @Vegaytarier @RonOfTheAgora and
The corticosteroids are used with the stretching. That’s the 70%. Otherwise it’s time for surgery.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @RonOfTheAgora and
Although stretching is (also) part of the salve-treatment, stretching on its own can be another method of treating a phimosis. If circumcised people are able to restore their entire foreskin by stretching (over the span 4 years), you also can stretch the foreskin in scope.
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Replying to @Vegaytarier @RonOfTheAgora and
Semantics, they’re both a part of the 70% and aren’t always effective. Circumcision is required and therefore shouldn’t be banned.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @Vegaytarier and
Intactivists don't argue that circumcision should be banned altogether. If adult men choose to do it for cosmetic reasons that's their choice. Routine circumcision of infants is unethical. Even most medical circ's can be avoided.
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Replying to @JazhuStreaming @Vegaytarier and
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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Replying to @_Undersized_ @Vegaytarier and
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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Replying to @JazhuStreaming @_Undersized_ and
Less than 1% of men need to be circumcised for medical reasons. All of the other proposed 'benefits' are more easily solved with good hygiene, antibiotics or condoms. Or are not significant enough to justify RIC. (Penile cancer is the rarest cancer for men, 1/100,000)
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No, like appendicitis or tonsillitis, chronic balanitis is solved by circumcision and no other surgical treatment. It occurs in 11% of clinical attendees. That’s a large number. It’s also not 1%. And that’s just one infection. Source: http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/balanitis/edwards1/ ….
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