New Tool To Fight HIV: Circumcision
 

Very interesting study:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16184582/

I gotta get me one of those...

thank god i got the snip when i was a baby, would hate to have to go through that as an adult. OUCH!

Same here

i have read that there is some evidence that suggests that if you dont let a guy fuck you in the ass and don't share drug needles with other drug users, your chances of contracting AIDS is lowered to almost zero, regardless of whether or not you are circumsized.

BOYCOTT THE DRAMA!!!

hmmm, this is very interesting statement. i read the article, but i couldn't see their arguments... very disputable...

That info has been out for a couple years now, guess some in depth trials just confirmed it.

Undoubtedly GOP propaganda.

You gotta wonder about that. The areas with the highest HIV problems are Africa, India and China. If your statement is correct, then men from these regions like to take it up the stinkhole, or they are all needle drug users..doesnt sound too likely does it..

On the other hand, I heard on NPR from a reputable source that a nurse who poke herself with a needle (by mistake) used for blood transfusion from an HIV patient, have less than a 5% probability of getting the virus...

causes for the proliferation of AIDS in some African shithole and San Francisco are two totally different things. of course AIDS can be spread by heterosexual sex... but thats not hardly the primary cause in the US is it?

i'd rather die of teh hiv. don't fear the foreskin!

i am no specialist, but i have a hard time understanding that in third world countries, aids spreads like wildfire thru hetero sex, but in our world it is conceivable almost exclusively thru anal sex. are you saying the possibility of getting the virus depends on where on earth you fuck the virus infected pussy ?

are you saying that you are completely unaware that AIDS in the US is not primarily spread through male/male sex and drug use?

The issue is condoms. In the west we use them (though not always, sadly). One day, what I'd like to see, alonside those planes dropping aid and the UN trucks spilling grain around for these poor people, is some kind of organised campaign to deliver tonnes and tonnes of condoms to these regions. They know how to use them. They WOULD use them. It would not only help stop these deadly viruses, but might help cut down on birthrate and thus famine.

I don't see any problem with this theory, but by golly I'm sure BoyAlley can find some. :)

No turtle neck for me! :)

The difference is education, access to preventative measures (condoms), and decent access to medical care post-diagnosis (drug cocktails that lessen the risk of transfer between sex partners and from mother to child, as well as lengthening the life span of the infected parties).

I'm not getting mine snipped at this stage in the game... no way

i bet medical advice would suggest the removal of a womans vagina would greatly decrease the chance of catching aids from sex .. firthermore i bet if we removed our hands we would no longer have problems with getting our fingers chopped off..

Considering the fact many circumsicions results in permanent damage to sexual function i think its prob smarter to wear a condom than start lopping off body parts willy nilly because of a study

Addendum to his statement, If you bag it up when having sex with a female, bag it up and regardless of wheather of not you are circumsized you will reduce your risk

i think we are looking at it from much different angles.
i understand that in USA the majority of HIV infections happen thru drug use and male/male unprotected sex. but that doesnt mean this is the only way the disease is tranferred (in USA or 3rd world countries).

Article didn't state much but the studies I've on it before state that uncircumcised men are at a greater risk for tiny lacerations around the forskin.

I am British (and most non-Jewish Brits get to keep their foreskin) and I am rather attached to mine. As it were.

Fight the pink Hoodies!

lets hear it for the jews! i'm set with that!

Jesus Chris man, that was the funniest thing I've read today!!! :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh Man... it's rare you read such words of wisdom here at gfy. "Just dont' get fucked up the ass w/o protection and don't share needles. Problem solved". :thumbsup

Great article, and every little bit helps BUT there?s absolutely no correlation between having unprotected sex as a circumcised man and NOT getting HIV. What the research tells us is that if you?re going to have unprotected sex, the chances of contracting HIV are LESS if you are circumcised, not non existent. Still got a 50% chance there. But in Africa, every little bit to reduce the chances helps!!

BoyAlley, I'm doing some work in Africa right now with youth and HIV education if you're interested - I've binged your icq :)

I heard that years ago from the counselor when I got tested (negative, thank you Jesus).

These days I just do blowjobs, I dont fuck or get fucked.
Easier, cleaner, no "hidden water" lol.

Dangerous articles. It will just cause some circumsied idiots to go on a fucking spree.

This is not news btw. Their argument is that the forsskin gets little injuries easily. And a glans that rubs against fabric allday long builds a slightly tougher skin so it will not get wounded as easy as one that is always in it's protective skin.

btw..most american females prefer males who are circumsized..

It seems like the guitar players who build up giant calluses on their fingers.
Basically a circumcised dick is like a big callus, so it makes sense.

No natural dick guy is going to give up the sensitivity, for slightly more protection from a self inflicted disease.
It maybe makes sense for the uneducated masses in Africa to get it done at birth however.

It's old news, including in GFY threads about circumcision and hiv ...

I have a big dick :thumbsup

You're gonna need more than no foreskin when you put your cock in men's brown rooms.

I hope you know that.

Shhhh, don't try and make sense. This is GFY. Let the agenda be led by a couple of manipulative idiots then let all the sheep follow, as usual.

I like having a helmet..