Let’s get Circumcised!
I was on my way home tonight when I was listening to the BBC and an interesting story graced my ears. In South Africa, a study has just concluded that showed that circumcised men are anywhere from 60-75% less likely to get aids! Researchers offered several thousand men the option of being circumcised and checked in on them after a few months. At their first check, twice as many men who were not circumcised were infected with aids compared to the men who were circumcised. That’s good news! Granted, it’s not completely comparable to a condom, but in the form of redundancy, circumcision could be a powerful ally!I’ve often heard people refer to Circumcision as a useless and wasteful procedure – just something the “religious” did and therefore should be stopped. If I were in there situation, I might agree. Apparently, as one might imagine, sensitivity is lost when the foreskin is removed, which may hinder the enjoyment of sex. Considering I have been all my life, I will not know the difference on my wedding night, so I am not concerned. But, I must say I enjoy the fact that I don’t have to take so much care to cleanse the area for fear of infection and other nasty things.Now I believe I have an argument for the circumcision debate. Granted, some men may neither be driven by religion or engage in acts that will infect them, but now circumcision may be consider as a safeguard. Similar studies are being conducted in two different areas and have yet to return data. So, we will see!