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So, in summation, we have genital mutilation for religious reasons and for esthetics.

Sorry, Rick, I don't believe your studies controlled for sexual practices that aren't the norm. And, yes, homosexual sex isn't the norm, the norm is heterosexual sex. Remember the old saw, "Why was AID's research so difficult? It was next to impossible to get laboratory rats to have anal sex."

Scientifically, there is no valid argument for circumcision unless there are medical problems requiring intervention. The foreskin's existence is not a medical problem.