1. circumcision isn't a medical practice
    Tom Tobin Tom Tobin United States says:
    January 11, 2012 at 8:07 PM

    Why is it that no one else believes that circumcision prevents HIV?  Not a single country has a medical organization which recommends circumcision on medical grounds.
    In Malawi, the circumcision rate is increasing faster among circumcised men, than among men with foreskins.
    http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=88790

    In Ethiopia, nearly 100% of the men are circumcised.  They still have a very high HIV infection rate, more than 2%.  The US is high, and 80% of adult men are circumcised.
    It simply can't be relied upon to prevent HIV.
    A condom can.  It protects both partners.

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