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An original argument constructed to counter a practice.

The Practice: Removing the foreskin from a boy's penis without his informed consent.
Advocates: Traditionalists
The Argument: Without a man's informed consent, circumcision is unjustifiable.
Advocates' Faults: Appealing to tradition and medical misunderstandings

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Sources
1. Insight Episode: sbs.com.au/news/insight/tvepisode/first-cut

2. Dani Tribe: all-that-is-interesting.com/7-bizarre-cultural-practices

3. The assertion that circumcision reduces the risk of penile cancer: jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(05)01488-X/abstract

4. American Cancer Society: cancer.org/cancer/penile-cancer/causes-risks-prevention/prevention.html

5. U.S circumcision prevalence: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9091693

6. Denmark circumcision prevalence: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2543732/pdf/bmj00621-0029.pdf

7. The risk of penile cancer in the U.S VS. Denmark: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9108839

8. American lifetime chance of developing appendicitis: bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/290/basics/epidemiology.html

9. American lifetime chance of developing breast cancer: cancer.gov/types/breast/risk-fact-sheet

10. Most penile cancer develops in older men: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9108839

11. U.S leading causes of neonatal deaths: circinfo.org/USA_deaths.html

12. WHO statement on circumcision preventing HIV: who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/

13. WHO’s major caveats on circumcision: who.int/hiv/topics/condoms/en/

14. HIV prevalence in U.S, Spain and Denmark: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate


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