Circumcision

An original argument constructed to counter a practice. The Practice: Removing the foreskin from a boy's penis without his informed consent. Advocates: Traditionalists The Argument: Without a man's informed consent, circumcision is unjustifiable. Advocates' Faults: Appealing to tradition and medical misunderstandings Rationality Rules' YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZMgLgGlYAWvSU8lZ9xiVg Sources 1. Insight Episode: sbs.com.au/news/insight/tvepisode/first-cut 2. Dani Tribe: all-that-is-interesting.com/7-bizarre-cultural-practices 3. The assertion that circumcision reduces the risk of penile cancer: jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(05)01488-X/abstract 4. American Cancer Society: cancer.org/cancer/penile-cancer/causes-risks-prevention/prevention.html 5. U.S circumcision prevalence: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9091693 6. Denmark circumcision prevalence: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2543732/pdf/bmj00621-0029.pdf 7. The risk of penile cancer in the U.S VS. Denmark: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9108839 8. American lifetime chance of developing appendicitis: http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/290/basics/epidemiology.html 9. American lifetime chance of developing breast cancer: cancer.gov/types/breast/risk-fact-sheet 10. Most penile cancer develops in older men: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9108839 11. U.S leading causes of neonatal deaths: circinfo.org/USA_deaths.html 12. WHO statement on circumcision preventing HIV: who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ 13. WHO’s major caveats on circumcision: who.int/hiv/topics/condoms/en/ 14. HIV prevalence in U.S, Spain and Denmark: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate Tweet: https://twitter.com/counterarguing Post: https://www.facebook.com/CounterArguments Buy: https://teespring.com/stores/counterarguments Donate: https://www.paypal.me/counterarguments Email: [email protected]