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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:00 AM

Male circumcision cuts HIV transmission

Should adult men in areas rife with unprotected sex and AIDS be encouraged to go under the knife?

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  • Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:32 AM

    re: You are incorrect in your assumption that male circumcision does not affect male sex "performance". Study after study has shown that circumcision significantly decreases the pleasure of sex for males. Get your info straight before making such uninformed statements.

    Please post a few links - because a google search disagress with your strong assertion. Even the most Anti of anti-circumcision sites are inconclusive on that score -

    this is from the Circumcision Resource Cenetr - regarding adult circumcisions:

    Adult circumcision appears to result in worsened erectile function, decreased penile sensitivity, no change in sexual activity, and improved satisfaction. Of the men 50% reported benefits and 38% reported harm. Overall, 62% of men were satisfied with having been circumcised.

    Now maybe these men don't know their own dicks or what constitutes satisfaction, but they probably know this stuff better than you.

    Other studies show that circumscised men masturbate more frequently, and engage in oral and anal sex more frequently (hetrosexual). the anti-circumcision folks claim that's due to a lack of sensitivity thus a need for varied sex. i'd say that most women don't want that nasty looking uncircumsized dick in their mouths or ass, but we'd all be guessing there...

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