A reader writes: I read your blog faithfully – but I’m sorry, in what world is the resolution "not totally one-sided"? You think one line about the humanitarian crisis (solely blamed on Hamas) adds balance? What part of the Palestinian side did this resolution fairly paint? Was there anything in there about disproportionate force? Was … Continue reading Dissents Of The Day
A new study projects: Gilks and colleagues used data from South Africa and Malawi. In their model, people were voluntarily tested each year and immediately given drugs if they tested positive for HIV, regardless of whether they were sick. Within 10 years, HIV infections dropped by 95 percent. Other initiatives like safe-sex education and male … Continue reading The Demise of AIDS?
The discarded foreskins of babies are now being used cosmetically: This summer, Karen, a surveyor, agreed to have her face injected with millions of microscopic new skin cells, cultured from babies’ foreskins, as part of a trial into a new cosmetic procedure. Hope your breakfast is sitting well with you. A primer on The Dish’s … Continue reading Male Genital Mutilation Update
A new study suggests circumcision may not, in fact, help prevent HIV transmission from men to women.
A reader sets me to rights: The word "brit" literally means covenant. The full phrase in this context is "brit milah", the covenant of circumcision. So when it was written "at a Jerusalem brit", it means "at a Jerusalem circumcision." And while I’m at it, Jules Crittenden is not David Frum’s brother-in-law. He’s David Frum’s … Continue reading “Bris” and “Brit”
The Oregon court heard oral arguments yesterday on a ground-breaking circumcision case: The case pits divorced parents named James and Lia Boldt against each other. The father, a lawyer, recently converted to Judaism and wants to circumcise his 12-year-old son, over whom he has full custody. The mother doesn’t want the circumcision to take place. … Continue reading Genital Mutilation Update
A religious right? Or a barbarism? There’s an interesting court case involving circumcision in Oregon.
Could circumcision be affecting women’s sex lives? Some say yes.
Six boys lose their penises altogether in the latest botched circumcision scandal in Africa. Several others have died undergoing the ritual.
Post-circumcision diapers! To prevent infection and blood stains.
