[quote=svelte]The argument that male circumcision is A-OK because it reduced disease is oh so wrong.
It’s like saying we can cut down on breast cancer by cutting off all women’s breasts.[/quote]
That will, in fact, dramatically reduce the amount of breast cancer. BRCA patients decide to do this often.
All kidding aside, this is how many public health decisions are made. In the absence of a percieved detriment to circumcision, the benefits may be considered to outweigh the risks. Not saying I agree with this, just what happens from a public health perspective. I’m not sure circumcision is quite comparable to bilateral radical mastectomy.
