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- It's a procedure rooted in ritual and religious tradition and has no health benefits in a modern society.
Actually, it has been widely demonstrated to reduce the spread of HIV, among other STDs. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/circumcision.htm I think Hitchen's view of it is colored based on his dislike of religion. I agree with b_b, male and female 'circumcision' is not a reasonable comparison. He's being a bit hyperbolic there.