I like your letter. Circumcision is such a brutal and clumsy solution to a much bigger problem. I don't advocate genital mutilation in women, so I so no reason why it would be okay in mken either.
Also, medically speaking, what removal of the foreskin does is reduce the risk of HPV (human papilloma virus). The virus is most commonly found under the foreskin and easily transmitted via sexual and oral contact. What HPV does is reduce your immunity to sexually transmitted infections, and it has been linked to an increase in HIV and cervical cancer in particular. There was a study done on non sexually active women and Jewish women with circumcised partners, and their rate of cervical cancer was almost zero.
But I still don't think it's right. Taking out the tonsils stops a patient from getting tonsilitis, but creates a whole host of other problems, and I have a feeling a widespread circumcision program would be the same.
I think the best thing would be for doctors/nurses to give parents medical advice on how to wash their childrens genitals, which they could then pass on to the boys/young men. Good hygiene would almost eliminate the problem. In that sense, remoiving the foreskin because of the spread of HPV is like chopping off your hands if they get dirty, far too extreme a solution for the situation.
I'm constantly amazed by how many men comment on the general smell and nastiness of women with unwashed genitals, but never seem to notice their own smells and grossness at all. It takes a parent about 2 minutes to teach their son how to pull his foreskin back and wash his penis properly, and would help prevent a whole lifetime of problems.
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I like your letter. Circumcision is such a brutal and clumsy solution to a much bigger problem. I don't advocate genital mutilation in women, so I so no reason why it would be okay in mken either.
Also, medically speaking, what removal of the foreskin does is reduce the risk of HPV (human papilloma virus). The virus is most commonly found under the foreskin and easily transmitted via sexual and oral contact. What HPV does is reduce your immunity to sexually transmitted infections, and it has been linked to an increase in HIV and cervical cancer in particular. There was a study done on non sexually active women and Jewish women with circumcised partners, and their rate of cervical cancer was almost zero.
But I still don't think it's right. Taking out the tonsils stops a patient from getting tonsilitis, but creates a whole host of other problems, and I have a feeling a widespread circumcision program would be the same.
I think the best thing would be for doctors/nurses to give parents medical advice on how to wash their childrens genitals, which they could then pass on to the boys/young men. Good hygiene would almost eliminate the problem. In that sense, remoiving the foreskin because of the spread of HPV is like chopping off your hands if they get dirty, far too extreme a solution for the situation.
I'm constantly amazed by how many men comment on the general smell and nastiness of women with unwashed genitals, but never seem to notice their own smells and grossness at all. It takes a parent about 2 minutes to teach their son how to pull his foreskin back and wash his penis properly, and would help prevent a whole lifetime of problems.