Circumcision

I was watching a '60 Minutes' type news program last night and it featured quite an informative story on male circumcision. I'd always known that in the past it was done for a variety of reasons be it religious or social or for health reasons that we've now gotten past and thus making the need for circumcision nowadays non-existant. Not the case anymore, apparently.

I haven't been able to find the full statistics but I did find the website of the Professor they interviewed and this was a basic "snapshot" of the current health benefits that circumcision provides:

• Decrease in physical problems involving a tight foreskin.
• Lower incidence of inflammation of the head of the penis.
• Reduced urinary tract infections.
• Fewer problems with erections, especially at puberty.
• Decrease in certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV, HPV, chlamydia, syphilis in men and their partner(s).
• Almost complete elimination of invasive penile cancer.
• Decrease in urological problems generally.

Source: http://www.circinfo.net/health-benefits-and-reviews.html

That entire website is actually full of interesting information regarding male circumcision for anyone curious.

The original news story can be viewed here: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunday-night/video/-/watch/13629907/

And I thought it was very interesting to hear that in regards to that information, particularly concerning the decrease in HIV transmissions, that the WHO has placed the stance on circumcision as FOR.


Anyone want to discuss?

 

Cut/Uncut debate is such a touchy one, if you watch the Penn & Teller: Bullshit episode on Circumcision it really makes you think that it's an unnecessary or hardly beneficial practice and is sorta like an abuse situation that we justify with "well, they won't remember us mutilating them, it won't matter!"

But to be quite honest I think uncircumcised penises are gross/fugly looking :\

so just on an aesthetic level, I'm happy with the chop-job done on my junk