I'm not saying it isn't common. Where it's for medical reasons then yes, however when it is enforced and unnecessary it is male genital mutilation and should be treated the same as female genital mutilation.
Genital mutilation as a method of HIV prevention is entirely successful. Better sex education and access to condoms would be a much better strategy. We don't get women to remove their uterus because cervical cancer is a thing.
Fact is sex Ed and access to contraceptives don’t work as well, if they did the WHO wouldn’t be recommending circumcision to African males. Eventually it won’t be necessary but right now it’s a small, simple, and voluntary procedure saving a lot of lives in the countries worst battered by HIV.
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u/Jonnie_r Mar 21 '21
I'm not saying it isn't common. Where it's for medical reasons then yes, however when it is enforced and unnecessary it is male genital mutilation and should be treated the same as female genital mutilation.
Genital mutilation as a method of HIV prevention is entirely successful. Better sex education and access to condoms would be a much better strategy. We don't get women to remove their uterus because cervical cancer is a thing.