Although in a previous study lower tactile thresholds were noted at the glans penis
in circumcised men, the current investigation found no between - group differences in sensitivity across four stimulation types, lending no support to the widely accepted, but largely untested, keratinization hypothesis.
The first microbiome study of the penis offers some clues as to why removing foreskin cuts the risk of HIV infection
in circumcised men
«Outcome of penile cancer
in circumcised men» by RM Seyam in the J Urol.
Not to mention HIV is more common
in circumcised men in most african countries, and the US has the hugest rate of STD / HIV contraction of the first world nations, the first world nations that have lower levels are non-circumcising countries that have comprehensive sex ed programs and emphasis condom use.
Not exact matches
It was really eye opening for me — simple insights like the fact that the first wound most
men receive
in being
circumcised is an intentional act of violence commanded by God — the goal of which is to place his mark upon us, reminding us that we are set apart and specially chosen by him.
If the early church could hold together communities made up of Jews and Greeks, slaves and free,
men and women,
circumcised and uncircumcised, tax collectors and zealots, prostitutes and Pharisees, kosher believers and non-kosher believers, those who ate food sacrificed to idols and those who refused, I guess this evolution - accepting, hell - questioning, liberal - leaning feminist can worship Jesus alongside a Tea Party complementarian who thinks the earth is 6,000 years old and that Ghandi and Anne Frank are
in hell.
And when, inspired by his spirit, his church went out into the world, nothing remotely resembling what we call «segregation» was
in their minds, but rather Paul's clarion call: «Here there can not be Greek and Jew,
circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free
man, but Christ is all, and
in all.»
God, at the beginning of the Bible, walking
in a garden
in the cool of the day, making a woman from a
man's rib, confounding
men's speech lest they build a tower too high, trying to slay a
man at a wayside inn because his child was not
circumcised, or dwelling on Mt. Sinai, where he says to Moses, «You shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen,» is a very different deity from the one you find at the Bible's end, «God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship
in spirit and
in truth.»
The Philistines did not, as the Israelites, practice circumcision and all Israel must have felt delight and a certain rough amusement
in the feat of David and his
men circumcising in death not merely a hundred, but two hundred, of the uncircumcised enemy!
Clearly it was intended for all
men; clearly it was a teaching of love
in a kind of freedom; new, non-Jewish Christians need not follow the Law and be
circumcised.
In fact, only 10 to 15 percent of
men throughout the world are
circumcised, the vast majority of whom are Muslim.
Having also worked
in a nursing home, I've seem uncircumcised penises on that end of life and again, these
men would have been better off being
circumcised - they would have avoided unnecessary infections and been able to keep themselves clean.
Without those nerve endings and the feedback to the brain,
circumcised men suffer premature ejaculation (the # 1 sexual complaint of
circumcised American
men) and later
in life sexual dysfunction and impotence.
Over the two year study period, both
circumcised and uncircumcised
men engaged
in similar amounts of sexual activity.
Female partners of
circumcised men do not report a lower rate of cervical cancer, 40 nor does circumcision prevent penile cancer.41 A recent study shows that the penile cancer rate is higher
in the US than
in Denmark, where circumcision, except among Middle - Eastern immigrant workers, is almost unheard of.42 Indeed, researchers should investigate the possibility that circumcision has actually increased the rate of these diseases.
On any given day thousands of
men will meet
in support groups to vent their anger over having been
circumcised without a choice
in the matter.
«The UN is trying to convince
men to be
circumcised in African countries, now.
New research reported
in The Journal of Urology ® indicates that there are no differences
in penile sensitivity for a variety of stimulus types and penile sites between
circumcised and intact
men.
Jonathan Wright at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
in Seattle and colleagues asked 3000
men — around half of whom had prostate cancer — if they had been
circumcised and when they first had sex.
2002 — Studies show that
circumcised men have 60 % less chance of contracting HPV, which translates into a slight reduction
in cervical - cancer risk for their partners.
«As adults,
men circumcised in infancy are almost 5 times more likely to be diagnosed with erectile dysfunction (ED).»
It can be performed at any point
in a
man's life, so should a child want to be
circumcised later
in life, he can choose this and will be given anesthesia and pain medication which are not given to infants.
By Amanda MacMillan WEDNESDAY, March 25, 2009 (Health.com)--
Men who are circumcised are less likely to get sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes and human papillomavirus (HPV), but not syphilis, according to a study of adult African men published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medici
Men who are
circumcised are less likely to get sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes and human papillomavirus (HPV), but not syphilis, according to a study of adult African
men published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medici
men published Wednesday
in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Men who are circumcised are less likely to get sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes and human papillomavirus (HPV), but not syphilis, according to a study of adult African men published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medici
Men who are
circumcised are less likely to get sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes and human papillomavirus (HPV), but not syphilis, according to a study of adult African
men published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medici
men published Wednesday
in the New England Journal of Medicine.