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In reply to the discussion: Studies showing "benefits of circumcision" highly flawed [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)conducted on infants involuntarily? (I think that's the big one. Doctors who have been doing it would like to hear that it was all for the good.)
Defensiveness among those who were subjected to this irreversible procedure? (We see alot of that here, such as those who are insulted by the very concept that removing a functioning, healthy part of the body - half of the penile skin and nerve endings! - does not constitute damage to that organ.)
Reaching for a "scientific" justification for blind belief in "tradition," whether this is cultural and religious or as in the US mainly a medical tradition?
Angling for grants to do more such "random trial" research? Angling for positions and prizes from the academy?
Profit motive within the foreskin industry? (No kidding: There is one. Foreskins have profitable applications in cosmetics and medicines. Quite apart from the revenues from insurance companies that cover this procedure.)
Sheer need to be right, once one has adopted an opinion either way?