circumcision

Under this interpretation, being conservative is the cause of both circumcision and low hiv rates, and circumcision is negatively correlated with hiv rates.

The problem with circumcision isn't that it's always a bad idea, it's that it's often done involuntarily and unsafely.

Have you heard what feminists say about legal parental surrender, military draft, circumcision, false accusations etc?

If you read the posted article you'll see there are a few weaknesses in the study about circumcision and HIV.

Male circumcision actually does have health benefits when it comes to warmer countries with poorer hygiene.

Three randomized controlled trials have shown that male circumcision provided by well trained health professionals in properly equipped settings is safe.

A systematic review and meta-analysis that focused on male circumcision and heterosexual transmission of HIV in Africa was published in 2000 [12].

There's nothing wrong with voluntary, safe circumcision for the purposes of lowering HIV transmission There is when that's a highly contested claim!

Trying to do this at later date can feel like circumcision at 18.

A substantial protective effect of male circumcision on risk for HIV infection was noted, along with a reduced risk for genital ulcer disease.

But it's similar to religious circumcision - when your customs start interfering with people's health, you lose absolute rights to always do what you want.

I wonder if they've done any studies of the impact of circumcision on condom use.

I'm pretty sure that where it says "and jeering Jewish onlookers as in the Quentin Matsys Ecce Homo now in Madrid or the nasty hags at the Circumcision in a French manuscript of circa 1400.

Heh, one of the first paragraphs in your link gives a hint to why the good doctors changed their minds: "The AAP believes the health benefits are great enough that infant male circumcision should be covered by insurance, which would increase access to the procedure for families who choose it."

From the studies: "In these studies, men who had been randomly assigned to the circumcision group had a 60% (South Africa), 53% (Kenya), and 51% (Uganda) lower incidence of HIV infection compared with men assigned to the wait-list group to be circumcised at the end of the study.

As much as some people want to enlist "religious indoctrination", lack of vaccination, circumcision and other forms of non-western-conforming customs as "abuse", it is of my opinion that we should refrain from that and respect the inalienable right to have different customs from the globalized state.

Circumcision is not the best way to prevent HIV.

Circumcision is not correlated with reduced risky behavior.

Circumcision is done very early(between 2-6).