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In reply to the discussion: Studies showing "benefits of circumcision" highly flawed [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Then you wouldn't be just preventing phimosis but STDs as a category.
Sure, there are diseases of the foreskin you won't get if it is removed. The same is true of the breasts, or any other body part. This is not a serious preventative measure, and requires the additional idea that the foreskin (a natural part of the body with nerve endings representing 50 pecent of penile skin) is some kind of alien presence or disgusting mistake of evolution.
As for the supposedly lower chance of HIV-AIDS, that is based on some seriously flawed and biased studies. See OP!
Empirical population studies make mincemeat of that claim. I'm sure Japan has a relatively low HIV infection rates among developed countries, is that not so? How do they do it despite the foreskins?