It's not medically necessary Family reasons like the father being uncircumcised Fear of complications like bleeding and infection Concerns about the pain They believe it's their child's choice whether they want to be circumcised when they're older. ...
for instance, it represents the fulfillment of the covenant between God andAbraham(Genesis 17:10–27), the first divine command of thePentateuch—that every male child shall be circumcised. ThatChristians were not obliged to be circumcised was first recorded biblically in Acts 15....
says Jack Swanson, MD, a pediatrician in Ames, Iowa, and a member of the AAP task force on circumcision. Some parents feel like it's easier for a baby's penis to look like theirmale family members, whether they're circumcised or not. Others lean toward circumcision so their child's pe...
Caring for a circumcised vs. uncircumcised baby Whether or not you choose to have your baby circumcised, you’ll have to take care of his hygiene and look after the health of his penis. Caring for your baby’s hygiene will be slightly more involved after circumcision, but he’ll be easier...
Circumcision does not lower the risk of gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis. However, circumcised heterosexual males experience an average 40% to 60% reduction in acquiring HIV in regions with a high endemic HIV-positive heterosexual population, such as various areas in Africa. A lower prevalence of...
The finding that has gained the most attention—a reduction in HIV transmission rates among circumcised men [2–4]—was not based on research performed on North American populations. Beyond the topic of HIV transmission rates and medical outcomes of circumcision, there is a troubling lack of ...
Fellatio was not included in this part of the survey. The study found no difference in sexual functioning for female partners. Scores for different types of sexual activity (Figure 2, right) showed a preference for circumcised penises for sexual intercourse (P = .001) and fellatio (P < ....
performed by doctors vs. religious circumcisers in these boys. As explained,1 any mischaracterisation of boys as intact as opposed to circumcised would likely be non-differential, leading to conservative, not exaggerated, risk estimates.We did not dredge medical records searching for adverse effects...
175. Kanik AB, Lee J, Wax F, Bhawan J. Penile verrucous carcinoma in a 37-year-old circumcised man. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1997; 37: 329-331. 177. Kaplan GW. Complications of circumcision. Urol Clin North Am. 1983; 10: 543-549. ...
Do men and women prefer circumcised or uncircumcised penises? Anonymous men and women tell-all in this Q&A about sex and circumcision.