SINGAPORE: The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and Sport Singapore’s (SportSG) Safe Sport Commission will look into claims of sexual misconduct allegedly committed by a coach from a private football club.
Now, as a proud father of a five-year-old boy, I am really having a second thoughts on the family tradition, as I really had a tough time during and after the operation.
The foreskin should be easily retractable, allowing gliding during sex and the ease of cleaning in adolescent boys. World Health Organization recommends using circumcision as part of HIV prevention as medical trials concluded that circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection amongst heterosexual men in sub-Saharan Africa by as much as 50%.
Critics, however, often argue it is cruel to put an infant through an operation with no anesthesia. The neonates are believed to experience pain but are just unable to convey the displeasure, they say. Despite the benefits and proven safety of anesthesia for infants undergoing circumcision, a recent study in the United States revealed the non-usage of anesthesia is ranging from 54-96%. Another study demonstrated only 71% of pediatricians, 56% of family practitioners and 25% of obstetricians offered anesthesia to infants when discussing the operation.
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