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That's just it chas*e, and therein lies the problem.... Keep it clean all you want, but poor hygiene is rarely to blame in most of the listed medical ailments (they clean it as often as the circumcised men). The fact is it is a bacteria breeding ground, and unless you're cleaning it 10+ times a day you may as well not be doing it at all.
Even though the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ACOG) have said that "there is no absolute medical indication for routine circumcision of the newborn," there is still a significant health risk. For example, an absolute medical indication of not having a ruptured appendix removed is sepsis and subsequent death (potentially), therefore there exists an absolute medical indication for an appendectomy if the appendix is ruptured.
Now, being uncircumcised does not guarantee that one will get a urinary tract infection, penile cancer, an STD, or cause his partner to develop cervical cancer; however, it is shown that these risks are increased in uncircumcised males - there is no absolute medical indication, but there are inherent medical risks.
There is no religious reason for why circumcision is prevalent in my family and many other non-religious folks, however, as I come from a family of medical-field related professionals, I will continue the act with my children and hopefully decrease the aforementioned medical risks.
What a bizarre thread, I feel weird....
Ryan
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