Circumcision: Cutting the HIV Rate?
Circumcision: Cutting the HIV Rate? - Newsweek Periscope - MSNBC.com
These people are citing studies that say the chance of HIV infection is reduced by 60% if you are circumcized. They, however, do not tell you WHY this is. They throw numbers at you and expect you to think that a circumcized penis is somehow more resistant to HIV transmission. Why? Why, why, why?
They so far remain silent.
This kind of statement is akin to, "The vast majority of Lower Slobovian citizens vocally approve of the dictatorship." No statement as to why, but you can probably guess why.
In regards to circumcision, I can make an educated guess as to "why:" the foreskin is to the penis as the clitoris is to the vagina. The amount of nerve endings in the foreskin is very dense compared to the rest of the penis. You remove the foreskin, you remove most of the sensitivity of the penis. Therefore, it is less enjoyable, and therefore you have sex less often. Sounds kind of strange considering men are pictured as wanting to be as active a rabbits, but it still makes sense. Why do something if there isn't as much enjoyment in it? Or, perhaps the lack of sensitivity is what leads to sexually-related "issues," such as stamina, erectile dysfunction (can't transmit HIV if there's no semen...blood on the other hand...), and simply not being able to "get off" because of a lack of sensitivity.
So I'm willing to bet the biggest reason why circumcision helps control HIV is because of these sensitivity issues. Until the medical world is ready to enlighten us with another plausible reason, I'm sticking with this theory.
These people are citing studies that say the chance of HIV infection is reduced by 60% if you are circumcized. They, however, do not tell you WHY this is. They throw numbers at you and expect you to think that a circumcized penis is somehow more resistant to HIV transmission. Why? Why, why, why?
They so far remain silent.
This kind of statement is akin to, "The vast majority of Lower Slobovian citizens vocally approve of the dictatorship." No statement as to why, but you can probably guess why.
In regards to circumcision, I can make an educated guess as to "why:" the foreskin is to the penis as the clitoris is to the vagina. The amount of nerve endings in the foreskin is very dense compared to the rest of the penis. You remove the foreskin, you remove most of the sensitivity of the penis. Therefore, it is less enjoyable, and therefore you have sex less often. Sounds kind of strange considering men are pictured as wanting to be as active a rabbits, but it still makes sense. Why do something if there isn't as much enjoyment in it? Or, perhaps the lack of sensitivity is what leads to sexually-related "issues," such as stamina, erectile dysfunction (can't transmit HIV if there's no semen...blood on the other hand...), and simply not being able to "get off" because of a lack of sensitivity.
So I'm willing to bet the biggest reason why circumcision helps control HIV is because of these sensitivity issues. Until the medical world is ready to enlighten us with another plausible reason, I'm sticking with this theory.
posted by xanadian at 3:14 PM
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