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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My OB told me that there was NO medical reason to circumcise our son. He said he did them, was "an excellent surgeon" but he encouraged us to do the research for ourself. I ran into those studies and asked him about them. I can't remember everything he said, but he said there were a few problems with them.

First, they didn't have a placebo group, I think. Second, (and more importantly) he said that it didn't control for the fact that the circumsized group were, by virtue of having pain in the penis and by requirements of the surgeons, had to be celebrate for a period of time during the study. Moreover, the study was ended early, so the results were skewed by that. Finally, he said that while it MAY be helpful in reducing HIV transmission rates in subsaharan Africa, a lot of this had to do with a specific cultural practice of "dry sex" where the women put things in the vagina to dry it out before engaging in sex. This makes HIV transmission (through cuts and injuries) more common.

I am not really an alternative person. Most people would probably be surprised to learn we didn't circ. And we actually had not really thought that much about it before the convo with our OB. I'm very, very glad we did not circ, though, now that I know more about it and have researched even more. 
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I think most people in the states are not circ'ing their sons in order to reduce the transmission of HIV anyway. I think they're doing it for religious or cosmetic or "look like daddy" or fear of the kid being mocked, etc reasons. I'm not saying they're not valid reasons to consider it, but the whole "health" benefits is the thing they can tell themselves they're embracing. I hate to say that, but I do think it is true. It has seemed true of most of my friends who did circumcise their boys.[/b] [/quote]

Agree.[/quote]

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