Why Women Should Favor Circumcision: To Prevent HPV Infection

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Are you even aware of the various side effects of this GENITAL MUTILATION, often sugar coated by using the term circumcision? Promoting this kind of violence on newborns genitals based on some circumstantial evidence from a third world continent speaks a great deal about your research on the topic. Did you know that in Europe almost all men are intact and to the best of my knowledge there's no reported mass outbreak of HPV amongst the women folks over centuries. Proposing to hack off someone's genitals for your betterment, is that what you're proposing here? What a sub-standard article to be put on US News...got nothing more to say.

Sriram of NJ 1:34PM January 17, 2013

Why do you call it with such a benign name? Me personally, I don't care how hard and heavily mothers and women are deceived by people like you, they are still going to be blamed by mutilating their sons (dictionary definition, sister). Mothers get the blame! They will still be deserving of it too, for abandoning their protective motherly instinct, for not doing their full research due diligence, for not thinking with common sense, etc.
Do you think you own him? If so, That's the first delusion right there. Or are you just doing 'What's best for him'? Would you rather not just spare yourself and leave it be! I consider it either a crime in itself or one by negligence. I was cut and I am upset at my parents because it wasnt't their choice. Are you going to tell me I have no right to be pissed off? Just try and invalidate me, sister and we'll let your Yahweh judge us all in the afterlife (who never by the way commanded bris Periah). I hate being cut but I'd rather be in my place than face the judgement of one with such bloodguilt. You better change your tune, get right with the truth. Many who are first shall be last, and men have feelings too. People, stop obsessing about your baby boys' dicks, please. Focus instead on the whole person, and stop looking at isolated individual studies. That doesn't work for nutrition or anything to do with health. You always have to look at the whole packet. I lose faith in the entire institute of motherhood now; that is what's at stake.

gerald of ND 6:34AM July 10, 2012

You circumcision advocates and zealots have to keep running to studies conducted in third-world countries (Sub-Sahara) to promote your agenda, because you cam't find any protective effect for circumcision on your own home turf (USA)! When has the USA's health policy ever been governed or led by findings from a couple of studies from the third-world!? If there were any realor useful protective benefit for circumcision, evidence for this would exist in your own country.

Paul of LA 9:33PM November 04, 2011

Ladies: if you don't want STDs, *don't have sex*.

Gavn of CT 12:49PM May 21, 2011

http://strivetoenter.com/wim/2008/03/10/circumcision-the-woman-and-the-kinsman-redeemer/ Female minister identifies the male foreskin as "a powerful symbol of sin---it must be cut off." Most definitely not all Christians are against male circumcision, and we have learned of its marvelous benefits from the Jewish community!

Charles of TX 3:05AM April 11, 2011

For all those who think it's ok to mutilate a perfectly healthy infant boy (or girl) against it's will or consent then I say MAN up and spread your legs. I was robbed of my foreskin shortly after birth. I was born prematurely as if that weren't enough of a challenge and the doctors convinced my mother to mutilate me with out her fully understanding what it meant (I was her first born son). My father and 4 younger brother, 2 nephews and my partner are all intact.
Even though I don't have a badly botched cut I do have a skin bridge on my shaft and inner skin, I have a scar and a small piece of missing flesh from the head of my penis and a crooked messy scar line (jagged and imperfectly symmetrical)
I didn't ask for any of this. If I had to choose to do this I never would have! But that's the point I wasn't given a choice. That was stolen from me at birth. But it's my body and I have to live in it for the rest of my life. My mother doesn't clean my penis, hasn't for a very many years now. The doctors and my parents aren't in bed with me and my partner. It's my body my choice.
Stop this bull about it being just a snip, just a flap of skin or the crap about not being able to remember any of it. The trauma is there. The damage is done. As I get older I'm noticing more and more difficulty with sensitivity and sensations ( I'm 34!!)
Agree to disagree if you want. I don't care. The bottom line is NO ONE DID ME A FAVOR by mutilating me. They violated my body and my rights. Point blank.
Politics, religion, doctors and parents have nothing to do with a healthy boys penis. He is born perfect as god intended him to be. If he want to get cut for religion or hygiene or his partner or whatever, then he can and should make that decision for himself. He and he alone!
Men have an ultimate right to this body part and its functions, that no other person has the right to take from them, especially when they are infants and unable to resist.

Mikey S of NJ 6:15PM February 07, 2011

I got HPV from a circumcised male.

Christina of IA 5:19PM February 07, 2011

Circumcision does NOT prevent HPV in women. Short of abstinence, condoms are the best prevention against sexually transmitted diseases. @intactamerica on Twitter

AntiCirc Activist of CA 2:06PM January 13, 2011

Why would that be a choice of the PARENTS?
@Linda
"Put emotions aside- does the procedure help limit the spread of the HPV viruses? If so, why not use it?"
The question is : why would that be YOUR choice and not your sons'? They are not going to spread HPV as toddlers you know!
I guess hacking off the whole penis would be even more effective. Why not use it?

rup 7:08AM November 16, 2010

My second cousin was a maternity nurse. She had one girl and six boys. There were six circumcisions. The 7 children eventually became parents to 16 boys. All circumcised by same female MD who I met and exceptionally talented lady.

Charles of TX 1:11AM August 16, 2010