Dan Meyrowitsch on the fake health science that links non-medical circumcision to sexual problems
The article on non-medical male circumcision was well researched (the guardian.com, 20 July). But health researchers with knowledge of epidemiology might take exception to the use of the Danish cross-sectional survey by Frisch et al (2011) when arguing for an association between circumcision and sexual problems.
The first author of the study, Morten Frisch from the Danish State Serum Institute, is an intactivist, who has been heading a campaign against non-medical circumcision in Denmark. In the study, the vast majority of the circumcised participants listed their religious affiliation as Lutheran, and thus, in Denmark, it is fair to assume these men were circumcised for medical reasons. The causes for medical circumcision are well-known risk factors for sexual dysfunction. It is no surprise, therefore, that male circumcision in this study was associated with increased risk of sexual problems. But this is the result of disease that existed prior to circumcision. Therefore, the study is of little or no relevance regarding circumcision of healthy males.
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