Another Display of Ignorance

[Doctor of Rock]

How much more of this do we have to suffer through before people see the obvious damage and outright silliness of circumcision?

Male Circumcision Doesn't Lessen Sexual Satisfaction: Study

Male circumcision does not lessen sexual satisfaction or performance and there should be no reservations about using male circumcision as a way of fighting HIV, says a U.S. study in the journal BJU International.

Some studies suggest that male circumcision can reduce HIV infection rates by as much as 50 percent, BBC News reported. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.

The Johns Hopkins University study included nearly 5,000 Ugandan men -- half of them circumcised -- who were asked to rate their sexual performance and satisfaction. There was little difference between circumcised and uncircumcised men, the study found.

Previous studies on circumcision and sexual satisfaction produced mixed results, but the Hopkins team said the number of men and other factors make their study the most reliable to date, BBC News reported.

"Our study clearly shows that being circumcised did not have an adverse effect on the men who underwent the procedure when we compared them with men who had not yet received surgery," said study leader Professor Ronald Gray.

"Other studies already show that being able to reassure men that the procedure won't affect sexual satisfaction or performance makes them much more likely to be circumcised," Gray said.

[cloud7]

was the study done on people cut at birth or after already being sexually active, that would make a huge difference. also they should have used the opportunity to ask the wives/girlfriends if they were satisfied

there is always the male ego that I believe really messes up these studies, too many will never admit to being less then excellent in that department

[Doctor of Rock]

These studies that find no difference always seem to have a superficial method and a "let's sweep this issue under the rug" feel to them. If they're not guilty of those things they usually just fail to take into account things you guys mentioned, like female satisfaction, when the patient was circumcised (i.e. have they experienced circed and uncirced sex), why were they circumcised if circumcised after becoming sexually active (if they had a painful or uncomfortable problem, they'd probably be happier after being circed, even though the problem could have been corrected less drastically) denial, etc.

If only the general public was wise enough to see this. Unfortunately this kind of study just perpetuates the ignorance. I know I'm preaching to the converted here, but it just helps me feel better to vent to a sympathetic audience.

[admin]

If I read it right, the results for 2 of the 3 things they asked about actually favored intactness, but they say the size of the difference was not significant.

The things they asked about were what? Pain upon penetration and some other very uncommon stuff. Not really indicative of whether one has had sensual receptors amputated.

How anyone can spin this to say cutting doen't affect sex is just mind boggling. The news outlets printing this non-science should really be ashamed.

-Ron