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1. It's sad that the first thing the media jumps on when a Senator from South Dakota has a stroke is that this might shift the balance of power in the Senate.  But it actually might, and that's scary too.  :-P  Here's to hoping he'll make a full recovery, and that the governor of South Dakota is not a complete and total asshat.

2. This story was floating around on some of the gay issues comms I watch today: Circumcision Reduces Risk of AIDS, Study Finds.  Yikes.  It's so commonly practiced in the US, and most people I know don't think anything about having their infant sons circumcised.  It's something I have deep reservations about personally, because hello?  Cutting off a piece of your body for no good reason?  It doesn't sound like a very good idea to me. But if research keeps going in this direction, it may settle the argument between me and MDH, should we ever have a son.  (He's staunchly pro-circumcision.)  Still, it's an interesting finding. Edit: More articles: Another study showing men circumcised as infants have significantly fewer instances of STDs as adults | an article criticizing the first link above (thanks, [livejournal.com profile] kagyakusha)

3. Whoa -- when did LJ change the posting form?  Cool.

4. Holy crap!  LJ can be so random sometimes.  It's funny how I can never predict which posts will get 200 comments and which will be mostly ignored.  ;-)

Re: On the Circumcision Study...

Date: 2006-12-14 12:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emmagrant01.livejournal.com
Yet more proof that people really don't understand the nature of science. :-P

It's a complicated issue, complicated by factors that go far beyond the evidence. My sister circumcised her son at birth because the doctor advised it. She didn't bother to ask why. I asked her why she did it and she just shrugged it off and said if the doctor suggested it, it was for the best. As she'd just had a c-section that saved the life of her baby, I wasn't going to argue with her about the doctor's judgment.

I'd always assumed I wouldn't circumcise my son (if I ever have one), but when I discussed this with my husband, he was adamant that any son of his would be circumcised. He never takes a strong stand on things and we make all decisions together, but that one is going to be tough going, should we ever face it.

Re: On the Circumcision Study...

Date: 2006-12-14 01:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bant.livejournal.com
There is also the psycological aspect of the son looking like his father.

Often the father does decide these things. Being a woman can we judge their experience. (In this particular case.)

Re: On the Circumcision Study...

Date: 2006-12-14 05:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wordplay.livejournal.com
Just a bit of my experience: Marc felt strongly pro-circ until I put the ball in his court and asked him to make a well-researched decision he could live with for the baby I was about to give birth to. It didn't take much reading for him to decide against it. That doesn't really mean that I think that everybody will make that same decision, obviously, but it has been my experience that what you think in the hypothetical isn't always what ends up happening when it's an actual medical decision that has to be made.

Dude, I was so stressed about that decision, too. :)) I was really glad to pass it off to someone else. (Also? When I was giving birth in Austin 7 years ago, we didn't know anyone who was circ'ing their newborn sons. It's a brave new foreskinned world in parts of the New World, and the numbers are in SUCH flux. :D)

Re: On the Circumcision Study...

Date: 2006-12-14 11:31 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ninasis.livejournal.com
I didn't give my husband a choice. None of the males in my family are circumcised, and no son of mine will be either. Unlike a lot of others, I've actually witnessed a circumcision, so I know how brutal and horrible they are. I think that any parent who opts for circumcision should be made to watch the procedure. I guarantee that would reduce the rates of circumcision dramatically.

My husband had just assumed that we'd have our son cut after birth until I informed him that he was very, very mistaken. His family thinks I'm a nutjob and the people he's discussed it with at his job think he should push me to change my mind (or have the procedure done without my consent....good luck with that I say), but it won't happen. I don't jump up on a soapbox very often but this is one of the things that I am very, very passionate about.

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