Abstract
Before we rush to administer the silver bullet of circumcision in the fight against HIV/AIDS it is important to take a long cool look at the practice and the historical and contemporary rationales for its use. Over the centuries there have been various justifications for male circumcision. The practice has served in part to identify those outside the religious/cultural group. The unsubstantiated rationale is that the circumcised penis is cleaner than the uncircumcised one. This argument is often encountered among Jews Muslims and Americans all of whom circumcise the majority of males in infancy or childhood but the notion is absent for example in Scandinavian countries where circumcision is rare. (excerpt)
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