Here's a study where they tried to prove FGM doesn't prevent HIV and accidentally found the opposite. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265824402_Female_Circumcision_and_HIV_Infection_in_Tanzania_for_Better_or_for_Worse … Do I believe it? Hell no! Sometimes bad science happens even despite the best of intentions. Why trust "benefits of male circ" research either?
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Replying to @KhazWolf @Gregory_Malchuk and
Because the foreskin provides the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive, and unlike females is not protected by acid.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @KhazWolf and
And to the acid-statement: The genitals of a (uncircumcised) men also have an acidic pH-value, just as women's genitals have. You can even buy special washlotions for the genitals which mimic the natural acidic environment there.
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Replying to @Vegaytarier @KhazWolf and
It operates at about a pH of 5, which is higher than vaginal acid, but about the same as saliva.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @Vegaytarier and
Well sounds like between that pH, and the langerhans cells killing harmful viruses and bacteria, the male genitalia is about as well protected as any of the other vulnerable points on our body. Evolution isn't stupid, it knows which spots need extra protection
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Replying to @KhazWolf @Vegaytarier and
The bacteria that cause balanitis have developed resistance to pH levels of 5 because that is how they successfully infect you. Like what
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @Vegaytarier and
Okay, so, this debate is really dragging on, mind if I change my approach? This study documented deaths that occurred during the same hospital admission as a circumcision: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326040454_Factors_associated_with_early_deaths_following_neonatal_male_circumcision_in_the_United_States_2001-2010 … As many deaths happen after leaving the hospital, this number is a lower bound /1
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Replying to @KhazWolf @_Undersized_ and
How do you weigh death against balanitis? Against a UTI? What's the exchange rate? Is one death worth it for a dozen UTI preventions? A hundred? A thousand? How many people does it take, admiral?!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ibEJoNyDDgw …
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Replying to @KhazWolf @Vegaytarier and
I mean, since chronic infections can really permanently damage infants I would say it’s necessary in those cases. Since it would be doing harm not to treat them.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @Vegaytarier and
Do we at least agree infant circumcision for no medical reason is wrong? Sometimes when something has gone horribly wrong the benefit of an amputation outweighs the damage, but to say the "benefit outweighs risk" on a normal healthy child is both false and missing the point...
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Yes, you’ll find from all of my replies that I agree with you, undertaking any surgery for no medical reason is just plain dumb. I don’t agree with total circumcision bans, but I would be fine with (was it Finland’s?) ban on non-medical circumcision.
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Replying to @_Undersized_ @KhazWolf and
Iceland recently proposed a nonmedical infant circumcision ban. No country has yet passed into law a ban on nontherapeutic circumcisions. The problem is if such a ban were enacted in America, phimosis might be used as a "medical" excuse when ~all boys are born with phimosis.
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