Benefits: A decreased risk of urinary tract infections. A reduced risk of some sexually transmitted diseases in men. Protection against penile cancer and a reduced risk of cervical cancer in female sex partners. 1/2
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Take a second to think about statements like “reduced risks or increased risks”. They often start with statements like “studies show” or “medical experts agree than”. They are often unreliable stats.
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Also, those diseases or conditions you mentioned, except Phimosis which is particular to uncircumcised males, are far more common in geographical regions where circumcision is prevalent. Reduced risks, really?
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How common is phimosis, which can be treated? How common is death from circumcision, which is irreversible?
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The death is very uncommon, I’ve never seen nor heard anyone die as a result of circumcision. Even back in the days when our forefathers had no white man medicine, they still had high survival rate from circumcising their offsprings. Benefits >>>> its risks. Cc
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Ask those parents that lost their children, they would choose the treatable phimosis over the death of their child.
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Of course, no parent would choose death over life for their children. I “pray” and hope your friend’s child, in question, recuperates and survives the pains/injuries from the procedure.
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I also pray and hope that the baby survives. I also wish parents would leave the choice to their children when they become adults. Parents are temporary custodians, they do not “own” the children.
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Sorry about your friend. I pray the baby survives. But hey, making a decision not to have one child circumcised is still making a decision for the child. What if he grows up and wishes to have been circumcised? "Temporary custodians" for 18 years? That's a really long time
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It's OK that we argue out it's benefits or lack of benefits but outrightly saying it's evil because you don't support it (anymore), I don't agree at all with that. Like I mentioned earlier, as with many many other things, there are pros and cons. It is not evil sir
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The choice of the word “evil” especially from the point of male child circumcision got me quite shocked. I was curious to find out why it is evil. Sure not convinced. There are some cons to it, but it doesn’t make it an evil act by the parents.
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