Comments on: Sex News: Bill Brent, Prince Harry, porn’s syphilis epidemic disgrace, circumcision decline http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2012/08/sex-news-bill-brent-prince-harry-porns-syphilis-epidemic-disgrace-circumcision-decline.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2012/08/sex-news-bill-brent-prince-harry-porns-syphilis-epidemic-disgrace-circumcision-decline.html/comment-page-1#comment-37095 John Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:54:47 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=16064#comment-37095 It's a little revolting how they're trying to pin failings of public health policy on a decline in circumcision. Nobody who's read anything about the putative protective effects of circumcision - a 30-40% reduction in transmission rates at best - would consider it adequately preventative, and trying to hype it above and beyond sane safer sex practices is just ridiculously irresponsible. There's no need or justification for circumcision in a society that can afford condoms, much less one that can afford STI testing, and making a big deal out of it just encourages men who are circumcised to be more careless. It’s a little revolting how they’re trying to pin failings of public health policy on a decline in circumcision. Nobody who’s read anything about the putative protective effects of circumcision – a 30-40% reduction in transmission rates at best – would consider it adequately preventative, and trying to hype it above and beyond sane safer sex practices is just ridiculously irresponsible.

There’s no need or justification for circumcision in a society that can afford condoms, much less one that can afford STI testing, and making a big deal out of it just encourages men who are circumcised to be more careless.

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