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NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 08:03 AM Jul 2017

There Are Good Reasons for Male Circumcision (Debunked)

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/13/there-are-good-reasons-for-male-circumcision-debunked/




There Are Good Reasons for Male Circumcision (Debunked)
July 13, 2017 by Hemant Mehta

Are there any good reasons for boys to be circumcised?

You might agree that religious and cultural traditions are bad reasons to keep doing it, but what about all those health benefits? Doesn’t circumcision improve male hygiene, prevent UTIs, and decrease the risk of penile cancer and HIV?

YouTuber Stephen Woodford addresses all of those concerns in this video. (His channel is Rationality Rules, though this video was made for Counter Arguments.)



The one argument he didn’t address — and which I’ve seen people make — is that it might look unusual to people who aren’t used to it. In other words, won’t people I date be weirded out by it? But as more parents choose not to circumcise their boys — and the practice is slowly decreasing — it’ll become more commonplace and less weird.

In any case, the benefits of circumcision are minimal at best. Why permanently disfigure a child for that?
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There Are Good Reasons for Male Circumcision (Debunked) (Original Post) NeoGreen Jul 2017 OP
Why? one good reason El Mimbreno Jul 2017 #1
Hubby and I are 13 weeks pregnant with a boy TxDemChem Jul 2017 #2

El Mimbreno

(777 posts)
1. Why? one good reason
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 09:31 AM
Jul 2017

So when he's 80 -something years old he can pee without getting it all over himself and the bathroom.

TxDemChem

(1,918 posts)
2. Hubby and I are 13 weeks pregnant with a boy
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 07:55 PM
Jul 2017

Our baby boy will not be circumcised. Lol I've seen enough porn to know our choice is far more common than many people assume.

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