JC> -> What's a "benefit"?
JC> -> One woman may see a nose job as a "benefit" while another with an
JC> -> identical nose wouldn't have one if it were offered free...even
JC> -> though it has no physiological benefit to either.
JC> 
JC> I do not happen to see circumcision having any benefit except to the
JC> doctor who generates income from the surgery.
    What about to the parents if their religion requires it?
JC> -> It's been demonstrated that women in societies where men are
JC> -> circumcised are less likely to get cervical cancer...is that a
JC> -> "benefit" to the patient if his eventual wife doesn't get cancer?
JC> ->
JC> In areas where the standard of hygiene is high, being cut or intact
JC> seems to make no difference in the rate of cervical cancer.  
    I posted something citing a medical journal article about the risk of HIV 
transmission being 3-4 times higher in uncircumcised men, too.
JC> The USA stands alone in cutting most of its males.
    Try Israel.
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