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US Doctors Back Circumcision
ananyo writes "On 27 August, a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics concludes for the first time that, overall, boys will be healthier if circumcised. The report says that although the choice is ultimately up to parents, medical insurance should pay for the procedure. The recommendation, coming from such an influential body, could boost U.S. circumcision rates, which, at 55%, are already higher than much of the developed world. The researchers estimate that each circumcision that is not performed costs the U.S. health-care system $313."
Hey, just a thought here. Can we leave penis news off of Slashdot?! Unless it's about the latest "upgrade" I think a vast majority of us don't care.
Seriously.
Circumcision severs the artery along the top of the penis, thus causing the most frequent complication of excessive bleeding, and later in life lack of blood flow and impotence.
Given all the Viagra, counseling, loss of pleasure and discomfort, the cost of circumcision is a _great_deal_ more than $313.
Circumcision ensures that males won't become slaves to their women.
Uncircumcised men suffer an overwhelming psychological adjustment in response to their first orgasm, which is basically a move from basically no stimulation to overwhelming stimulation in one shot. It creates a deep-seated psychological addiction to femininity, which drives them to spend the rest of their lives sacrificing whatever their women demand in order to get their fix.
Cricumcised men, however, have mild but constant stimulation basically all the time (since they wear clothing that rubs against the sensitive bit as they walk and so on), so their first orgasm isn't nearly as overwhelming, and so the addiction is not nearly so strong, and so the men retain a much greater portion of their independent will after the experience.
No, I don't have a citation. Because I just made all this up. Ha ha, you read it!
Gah, another one. "Take away your studies and facts, I'm not listening, la la la la, I can't hear you..."
Just practice good hygiene. How about we don't mutilate anyone's private parts against their will?
Yea! And if your kid is born with a hair-lip, don't you dare mutilate that poor child by making him look like everyone else!
Childhood cancer? Too fuckin' bad, chief, we ain't torturing your kid by cutting out that perfectly natural tumor!
Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo-stick, the ignorant shit some people expound...
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
We were made this way for very good reasons, even if we don't understand them. Imagine if somebody proposed the same thing for female infants. What would be the reaction? Leave all minors alone. Let them decide when they turn 18.
Except maybe there isn't a very good reason to have one. At least one that's better than the reason to remove it. There is likely a very good reason ancient cultures with a huge emphasis on cleanliness adopted the practice and codified it into their religions...probably much of the same reasons these doctors are touting.
Seriously. "Abnormal"? I don't think I'm doing it wrong. At least, I've never gotten any complaints... *rimshot*
On the other hand, my circumcised penis has been greeted with relief by a partner who found the natural look repulsive.
It's like the white male of penis states... it isn't "superior", but it can be advantageous.
I've heard they don't use anaesthetic for some strange baby-physiology-based reason, and that horrifies me. I don't know if I could bring myself to have it done to a son; but I'm glad it was done to me.
" One can control STDs simply by, you know, keeping one partner and having him/her tested before you starting making ou"
completely unrealistic for the vast majority of people. Almost as unrealistic as expecting some to always where condoms.
"The lower rate of urinary tract infections and penile cancer is the only leftover benefit then."
and tui's a pretty big one.
". It's such a small change in UTIs"
no, it isn't a small change.
" I'd think fluid intake and timely urination would help"
wow, didn't tkae long for you to jump right into psuedoscience land, did it?
You also over look the negative effects on women? why is that?
" For those of us who are otherwise sane"
You don't live my way, you aren't sane. Don't be stupid.
" I don't think it helps at all, "
No, you aren't thinking at all. There is a lot of scientific evidence that shows you are wrong, but you probably don't have the skills to change ones opinion based on data.
"basically helps when you do stupid shit."
OR when yuo partner does stupid shit you don't know about.
" if he'll decide to be a ladies' man, it'll probably make sense."
You don't need to be a ladies man for this to be an issue.
Frankly, people like you shouldn't have kids. You will, but it will be another herd of potato heads that believe how they feel about something trumps actual facts.
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and the fact that some people paied a tiny percentage of their 1950's paycheck and never set anything aside for themselves and rack up thousands in medical bills while drawing another few thousand every month just cause they made it to the ripe age of useless.
well, god luck getting a 16 year old to make a ration decisions. You're just a coward who has condemned his son to higher risk with cancer, disease becasoe of an emotional belief.
You are a BAD father.
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Aids. HPV. Chlamydia. gonorrhea. Yeast infections for their partners. Aids is just a small part of it. Face it, that smegma factory is also an infection Disneyland.
Actually HIV is just one thing. And, mainly, it's for third-world countries with poor sanitation.
HPV is another such thing it helps cut down on. Not a HUGE problem for guys, but HPV is one of the suspected causes of cervical cancer in women.
Third, it helps cut down on the prevalence of certain types of penile cancer. Granted, most of these types are fairly rare, but would you rather have a small ribbon of skin cut off with anesthetic while you're a baby and unlikely to remember anything or wind up having to effectively become a girl because you contracted one of these cancers and needed to have your penis removed?
I may not be "everyone". But I'd rather my parents have made the former choice. Even if it was for silly, religious reasons. And, this way, I don't have to pay for the procedure and experience the pain as an adult.
You can pooh pooh the science all you like (luddites always do), but the science behind the procedure is solid.
The problem is, the basic premise of the procedure feeds into insecure mens' castration anxiety. As such, some people will go to any lengths to excise even the hint of such a thing happening from their lives. Even if it means being anti-science, or contributing to the ills of mankind.
Chas - The one, the only.
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