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== Medical prophylactical arguments ==
* '''"Circumcision supposedly protects against [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]]."'''
* '''"Circumcision supposedly protects against STDs."'''
*: People refer over and over again to a study<ref>{{REFweb
|publisher=[[WHO]]
|accessdate=2019-10-18
}}</ref> of the [[WHO]] which should have determined that [[circumcision]] should have a 60% protection against [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]]. This study is sharply criticized worldwide by experts.
*: A study by [[Bertran Auvert]] is used as a source, which supposedly wants to found an [[HIV]] infection risk reduced by up to 60%.
*: There are several comments: Firstly, the study design was already destroyed with the start of the trial. The circumcised control group was circumcised directly at the beginning of the study. This means that the intact control group had a 'contagion lead' of six weeks which were applied until the circumcision wounds have healed. Secondly, the entire study was carried out in the region with the highest [[HIV]] rate around the world. Thus the results are not that meaningful as if the study would have been carried out in areas with 'normal' infection rates. Orange Farm, the village in South Africa, is well-known for the high rate of [[HIV]]. A third criticism is that the study of [[Bertran Auvert|Auvert]] comes up with mathematical legerdemain and was also canceled after two years, when the figures threatened to align themselves. Unfortunately, this study is also the basis on which the [[WHO]] performs worth millions [[circumcision]] campaigns with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
* '''“Circumcision supposedly protects against cervical cancer / HPV."'''
*: The aforementioned diseases were mentioned during the modern history of [[circumcision]] to somehow justify non-medical circumcision medically. For prevention of the diseases mentioned however, other non-destructive measures (such as hygiene, condoms, etc.) are more appropriate. America, with the highest circumcision rate of all western countries, has also still the highest [[HIV]] / [[AIDS ]] rate in all Western countries. There are now also well-tolerated vaccinations against the infection with HPV, such as Gardasil.
* '''“Circumcision supposedly protects against [[phimosis]]."'''