tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310799900848909196.post2404152063628605727..comments2013-10-03T02:58:52.200-07:00Comments on Adventures with Darch & Bones: Circumcision as AIDS prevention...huh?Darchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391850933760923240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310799900848909196.post-8445256622495432852007-04-04T20:08:00.000-07:002007-04-04T20:08:00.000-07:00Anyway you look at it, this study is advocating ge...Anyway you look at it, this study is advocating genital mutilation. When are we going to stop pretending this is okay?Reeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133529766424844875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310799900848909196.post-59289325861839028522007-04-03T21:32:00.000-07:002007-04-03T21:32:00.000-07:00Darch and Drspouse,Good subject! Just wanted to sa...Darch and Drspouse,<BR/><BR/>Good subject! Just wanted to say that I agree about CBC messing up the point of the study. Why would they advocate this in North America? Stupid...<BR/><BR/>But to be honest, I also think this is a bad idea in Africa. Mainly because unless you are a wealthy educated person, you are unlikely to have access to sterile instruments, etc. there. Reusing a knife is probably just as bad an idea as reusing a needle, IMHO. And we know that happens in Third world countries already.<BR/><BR/>Plus it doesn't protect women at all and in fact makes it more likely a woman will be infected by her partner, since circumcized males are more likely to cause scraping and tearing of vaginal walls and give the HIV virus another transmission route. They can avoid this by using lubricant and condoms, but then we're just back to the same problem anyway.<BR/><BR/>I don't know the answer, but I'm just not sure circumsizing is it.Aureliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691032415028867902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310799900848909196.post-28268018029878627662007-04-03T20:57:00.000-07:002007-04-03T20:57:00.000-07:00DrSpouse, thanks for your response. After rereadi...DrSpouse, thanks for your response. After rereading my post I should probably clarify a few things that are not clear at all in the way I wrote this post. My reaction was from the comments made on the radio which made no mention to the recommendations refer to sub-Saharan Africa. For the circumstances in that region it more reasonable course of action, have to control the bleeding before stitching up the wound so to speak. As for applying the same recommendations for Alberta or Canada, to me it is overkill. My response and sarcasm should have been more directed to the cbc radio interview, not the study, especially since I never read the study. It is really cool to know someone who did the study, whenever I read them it is always nameless people and seems so arms length. To be able to discuss these issues with someone who has researched it would be truly interesting.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately my life has directly been affected by AIDS, one of my uncles, who I absolutely adore, has AIDS. I have watched him waste away, have drug induced psychosis, only able to be awake for 6 hours a day, shake from the drugs and held him as he cried from losing so many friends. It is a devastating disease.Darchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391850933760923240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310799900848909196.post-79560854725094467112007-04-03T13:24:00.000-07:002007-04-03T13:24:00.000-07:00Actually, a friend of mine did this research. It ...Actually, a friend of mine did this research. It is a population study comparing (IIRC) groups that traditionally circumcise versus those that don't, and statistically factoring out differences in sexual behaviour. Obviously everyone is pushing really hard for monogamy, testing, and condom use in the region but realistically these things aren't going to be the only answer any time soon.DrSpousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259337858075146058noreply@blogger.com