tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post237147428814431341..comments2023-10-08T12:27:04.050+03:00Comments on HIV in Kenya: Mass Male Circumcision; a Motiveless Crime?Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-80264836568833800252010-12-23T18:40:31.369+03:002010-12-23T18:40:31.369+03:00Thanks Hugh, yes, there's some academic resear...Thanks Hugh, yes, there's some academic research now that is aiming to reverse the pro-circumcision idiocy. I read and commented a few days ago on the paper you mention but it's far from academic. AVAC are an industry front. But it's a cruel irony calling a project 'whipt' when it's about violence and potential against women.<br />Regards<br />SimonSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-43096060739759522602010-12-23T18:24:13.494+03:002010-12-23T18:24:13.494+03:00Thanks to Hugh7 for the following comment:
The co...Thanks to Hugh7 for the following comment:<br /><br />The compulsion to circumcise is widespread and bizarre. One attempt at an explanation in terms of memetics (the study of memes, units of culture transmitted by imitation) is here (http://www.circumstitions.com/meme.html). But even that hardly explains the "adamant father syndrome" (http://www.circumstitions.com/Glossary2.html#adamantfather) that seems to make men immune to rational argument.<br /><br />The public misperception of circumcision is even worse than you've said. A recent study of women's attitudes (http://www.avac.org/WHiPT) found some think "circumcised = HIV-negative" - a recipe for disaster. <br /><br />[For some reason the post didn't appear here!]Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.com