Does she know that wives of circumcised men have a lower rate of cervical cancer?
Doubt it. Is there any evidence that that's causative? It seems like a strange correlation to me.
Well, if a higher incidence of STDs is correlated to a higher incidence of cervical cancer, it may seem a little less farfetched.
Not that circumcision is linked to STD, just that cervical cancer is affected by external internal factors.
What I've read indicates that the foreskin harbors the sexually transmitted viruses that are at least in part responsible for cervical cancer in women. Women who are not and have not been sexually active have virtually no instance of cervical cancer. We know that at least HPV is a cause of cervical cancer. I think a decent argument could be made that there's a correlation.
Likewise, cancer of the penis (HPV is often indicated in that, as well) virtually never occurs in circumcised men. From what I'm reading here [link] which tracks with other things I've read over the years, 1 in 600 males develop this, and 25% of the time, it is fatal. The other day, I read somewhere, that HIV rates were lower in the circumcised, as well. I don't know how true any of this is, but I've been hearing about the lower cervical cancer links since before there were internets.
One paper down...one to go.
There was a man who used to stand in front of the hospital holding signs protesting cirucmsion.
I told Brendon it was his decision with the boys since it was a guy thing. He thought I was crazy to consider not having them circumcised. I just figured I would give him an opportunity to argue against. It still made me sad when they did it, because, OUCH!
It still made me sad when they did it, because, OUCH!
I remember feeling very badly for Ben. I don't remember it with Chris, at all, which is funny, because that's so much more recent.
Tep, heh, I posted my second comment before I saw your edits.
Plus, correlation doesn't mean prediction. If a study says that people who drink tap water are more likely to grow a tail than people who drink bottled water, what does that mean? Without the numbers, it's a useless correlation.
Maybe the tap water drinkers grow tails at a rate of 1 person per 10,000 and the bottled water drinkers grow tails at a rate of .5 person per 10,000.
Looking at the numbers, the tap water drinkers are still very unlikely to grow a tail. So the uncircumcised/cervical cancer correlation could be statistically noteworthy and yet still very very minor in practical terms.
Or, you could just STOP HAVING SEX, hussy!
Go vw!
You gotta wonder how the whole circumcision thing got started. It's a pretty weird practice.
You gotta wonder how the whole circumcision thing got started. It's a pretty weird practice.
Jewish history. It's in the Bible. (not sure of specifics right now)
Or, you could just STOP HAVING SEX, hussy!
Ya know, one of the reasons I got married was that people would stop calling me that!
I can't be a hussy for doing it with my husband!
