The difference between Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision and Traditional Male Circumcision
I’m a 14-year-old boy and I did voluntary male medical circumcision when I was 10. My friends laugh at me saying I’m not man enough because I didn’t go through traditional male circumcision as all of them did. My friends believe that one becomes a real man when he undergoes traditional male circumcision as there are so many challenges one must go through to prove he is a man. My friends mock me saying I know nothing and not worth being called a man. They say we can only be friends again if I undergo the traditional male circumcision. What should I do now?
Response
Getting circumcision is the right thing to do for your health and the health of your partner and loved ones because it has many health benefits. Let me appreciate the fact that you went through medical male circumcision. Medical and traditional male circumcisions have some variations and below are some of the health benefits of male medical circumcision:
- Medical male circumcision helps to reduce the risk of contracting HIV if you are HIV-negative with a probability of 63%.
- Medical male circumcision reduces the risk of one contracting some sexually transmitted infections (STIs) while traditional one will also increase the risk as the foreskin is still there holding bacteria.
- Medical male circumcision reduces your partner’s risk of cervical cancer as the tip of the penis is pure dry making it difficult for the viruses to penetrate.
- Medical male circumcision also makes the penis easier to clean as a result no bacteria or viruses are kept onto the tip of the penis.
- With male medical circumcision, a man lowers risk of penis cancer and the wound is easily healed after circumcision.
Coming straight to your question: don’t be stressed because you chose a right decision for your health by going through medical male circumcision. Everyone too is known with his/her tradition and going through traditional counseling {Initiation ceremonies} is not bad. In traditional initiations, this is where you can learn all about your culture but differentiate between culture and circumcision. Encourage your friends who went through traditional male circumcision to go for post check with the hospital so that they can be cleared of the skin that was left.
Kusiyana kwa mdulidwe wa chipatala ndi wa chikhalidwe
Ndine mnyamata wa zaka 14, ndinapangitsa Mdulidwe wa a bambo wa ku chipatala ndili ndi zaka 10, nthawi zambiri amzanga amandinena kuti ine si mwamuna weniweni chifukwa simnapange Mdulidwe wa kumudzi wa ku Simba. Amzanga akhala akundiuza kuti mzakhala mzawo weni – weni pokhapokha nditalowa simba. Kodi pamenepa ndingapange bwanji?
Zoona zake
Choyamba ndikuyamike chifukwa chopanga chiganizo chopita ku Mdulidwe wa abambo wa chipatala Zoona zake mzokuti Mdulidwe wa chipatala ndi Mdulidwe wa ku simba umasiyana ndithu maka mu njira izi;
- Mdulidwe wa abambo wa chipatala umachitika ndi akadauro odziwa bwino ntchito yawo. Mdulidwe wa chikhalidwe umapangidwa ndi anthu osadziwa bwino za chipatala.
- Mdulidwe wa chipatala umapereka mwayi opewa matenda opatsirana pogonana kwa 60% ndipo Mdulidwe wa ku simba ulibe mwayi umeneu chifukwa khungu la chida cha abambo limakhala lofewa kotero mkosavuta kutenga matenda opatsirana pogonana.
- Mdulidwe wa ku simba amapanga ndi zipangizo zobwerekana zomwe zimaika pachiopysezo chopatsirana matenda osiyanasiyana pamene ku chipatala kuli zipangizo zoyezedwa bwino.
- Mdulidwe wa chipatala siuchedwa kuchira pamene Mdulidwe wa ku simba Munthu amakhala nthawi yaitali Munthu usanachire.
- Mdulidwe wa chipatala umathandiza kupewa khansa yakhomo lachibelekero la amayi.
Kuyankha funso lako: Usakhale odandaura chifukwa unapanga chitsankho chabwino Kusiyana ndi amzako. Munthu Aliyense amadziwika ndi chikhalidwe chake ndipo kupita ku simba sichinthu cholakwika. Ku simba ndi komwe ungaphunzire chikhalidwe chako. Zilibwino chifukwa Mdulidwe unapanga kale ndipo kumeneko sangapangenso Mdulidwe wina. Uwalimbikitse amzako omwe analandira Mdulidwe wa chikhalidwe kuti apitenso ku chipatala kuti akathe kuwaonanso mmene Mdulidwe wawo unayendera chifukwa pena amatha kusiya kachikopa kamene kamatenga matenda osiyanasiyana.
