Moreso, do what you think is appropriate and beneficial for your children using available data. Are there risk to circumcision, very much so, however there are also risks long term to not circumcising your child, and doing it neonatal is far safer than doing it at 18.
It's been a while since I looked into it, but the data wasn't good when I did. The thing about circumcision is that it correlates with conservative sexual mores and more disciplined lifestyles in general. It's difficult to say that the benefits come from being cut vs. things that correlate with being cut. A lot of the studies also use Africans (as in ones living in Africa) so that further clouds them.
The thing about circumcision is that it correlates with conservative sexual mores and more disciplined lifestyles in general. It's difficult to say that the benefits come from being cut vs. things that correlate with being cut. A lot of the studies also use Africans (as in ones living in Africa) so that further clouds them.
You’re contradicting yourself here, if you’re going to argue it’s lifestyle not circumcision then the Africa data is a clear refutation of that. A 51-60% reduction in HIV transmission after implementation of circumcision isn’t just “certain lifestyles”.
There's a strong chance the cut Africans are at least somewhat Christianized, and the uncut are practicing shit like polygamy and cannibalism, pretty different lifestyles.
"Trust the science. Mutilate your dick."
Moreso, do what you think is appropriate and beneficial for your children using available data. Are there risk to circumcision, very much so, however there are also risks long term to not circumcising your child, and doing it neonatal is far safer than doing it at 18.
It's been a while since I looked into it, but the data wasn't good when I did. The thing about circumcision is that it correlates with conservative sexual mores and more disciplined lifestyles in general. It's difficult to say that the benefits come from being cut vs. things that correlate with being cut. A lot of the studies also use Africans (as in ones living in Africa) so that further clouds them.
You’re contradicting yourself here, if you’re going to argue it’s lifestyle not circumcision then the Africa data is a clear refutation of that. A 51-60% reduction in HIV transmission after implementation of circumcision isn’t just “certain lifestyles”.
There's a strong chance the cut Africans are at least somewhat Christianized, and the uncut are practicing shit like polygamy and cannibalism, pretty different lifestyles.