Alan Cumming, Foreskin Advocate
Alan Cumming, Foreskin Advocate
"I was saddened to hear that President Clinton and Bill Gates made statements last week at the AIDS conference in Vienna strongly advocating circumcision as a preventitive [sic] measure in the fight against HIV/AIDS, citing 'overwhelming evidence' that it works and saves lives. Of course, the word 'might' being used in the same sentence as an exhortation to genitally mutilate on a mass scale should perhaps ring alarm bells. It certainly does mine, and reports such as this one make me wary. I have been looking at a lot of material online about this issue, here for instance and have been gratified to see that the issue has made it into the comic books, and as well as being entertaining,Foreskin Man highlights the politics and lack of objectivity in the reports and studies that advocate hacking off genitals above education on safe sex and more money for research and drugs."
Read more: http://www.queerty.com/alan-cumming-foreskin-advocate-20100801/#ixzz0vNptkI3t
Comments
If you know anything about the tawdry history of circumcision, this is only the latest example of the desperate and futile search for an excuse to do it, by people with some murky motivations.