THE GREAT DEBATE

Slate weighs in – long after this blog sliced through the debate – on the question of male genital mutilation, also known as circumcision. We now know it can help prevent the transmission of HIV. But at what cost? Slate’s inviting readers who have had sex with foreskin and without foreskin to figure out the differences. Stay tuned … 1.2 million American baby boys are mutilated a year.