1. Female genitals are harder to clean than men's, but we don't cut parts off
    Mark Lyndon Mark Lyndon United Kingdom says:
    April 20, 2013 at 7:57 AM

    Female genitals are harder to clean than men's, but we don't cut parts off baby girls to make it easier.

    It's illegal to cut off a girl's prepuce, or to make any incision on a girl's genitals, even if no tissue is removed. Even a pinprick is banned. Why don't boys get the same protection? Everyone should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they want parts of their genitals cut off. It's *their* body.

    Male circumcision doesn't seem to help against AIDS either.  From a USAID report:
    "There appears no clear pattern of association between male circumcision and HIV prevalence—in 8 of 18 countries with data, HIV prevalence is lower among circumcised men, while in the remaining 10 countries it is higher."

    It's really easy to find circumcised doctors who are against circumcision, but surprisingly difficult to find male doctors in favor who weren't circumcised themselves as children.

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