[Reader-list] Fw: HIV and male circumcision

[subhrodip sengupta]

I am not a medico but do not understand HIV prevention part. . . . . ... . . . .    .......
Yup in childhood Circumscribtion helps the pennis to grow, and if circumferential, could actually increase sensitivity, than loose desire, unless crudeluy performed I guess!  Yup and Hindu's do not oppose it. And they wont, for obvious reasons! Concerns might have risen due to Para-Normal concers of Babas who tussle to come to limelight, backed by Religious Forces.

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Sorry, my previous post did not have the complete subject line. I have 
corrected that, and a small error in the body of the text in this post.

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Male circumcision is a prominent marker of the Muslim other in India's 
Hindu popular imaginary. A crude term referring to this practice is 
often used as a substitute for the words 'Muslim' and 'Mussalman', and 
physical evidence of it is used to identify Muslims trying to pass 
themselves off as Hindus in order to escape death in riots. The term has 
been used on this list by one esteemed member if I remember correctly.

It seems scientists are researching male circumcision as a means of 
preventing HIV. I do not know if it already is part of the AIDS 
prevention regime anywhere. But if it does become one some day, will 
Hindu fundamentalists resist it on the ground that it is an Islamic 
practice? What will it do to the Hindu popular imaginary of itself and 
its Muslim other? These are two of the questions that came to mind, and 
I wanted to share with the list, as I read this report.



http://men.webmd.com/news/20090721/male-circumcision-improves-sex-life-for-women?ecd=wnl_men_072809

Male Circumcision Improves Sex for Women
Survey Results Are Part of Study That Showed Circumcision Reduces a 
Man's HIV Risk
By Charlene Laino
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

July 21, 2009 (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Women whose male sexual 
partners were circumcised report an improvement in their sex life, a 
survey shows.

Researchers studied 455 partners of men in Uganda who were recently 
circumcised. Nearly 40% said sex was more satisfying afterward. About 
57% reported no change in sexual satisfaction, and only 3% said sex was 
less satisfying after their partner was circumcised.

Also, some women said their partner had less or no difficulty 
maintaining or getting an erection.

Among the 3% of women who reported reduced sexual satisfaction, the top 
two reasons were lower levels of desire on the part of either partner.

Top reasons cited by women for their better sex life: improved hygiene, 
longer time for their partner to achieve orgasm, and their partner 
wanting more frequent sex, says Godfrey Kigozi, MD, of the Rakai Health 
Sciences Program in Kalisizo, Uganda.

Kigozi tells WebMD he undertook the survey because some activists have 
objected to male circumcision as a means of combating HIV because of a 
lack of data on female sexual satisfactions.

The findings were presented at the Fifth International AIDS Society 
Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention of HIV.

The women in the study all participated in the landmark Rakai 
circumcision trial, one of three studies that showed that the procedure 
reduces a heterosexual man's risk of acquiring HIV by more than 50%.

"We included only women who said they were sexually satisfied before 
[their partner was circumcised]," Kigozi says. "Then we asked them to 
compare their sexual satisfaction before and afterward."

Men feel much the same way, he adds. In a previous survey, 97% of men 
said their level of sexual satisfaction was either unchanged or better 
after they were circumcised.

Naomi Block, MD, of the CDC's HIV Prevention Branch, who chaired the 
session at which the study was presented, says that other surveys have 
shown that women don't expect their sex lives to change if their 
partners are circumcised.

But those were "what if?" surveys, she tells WebMD, while the new study 
involves women whose partners were actually circumcised.

The findings are "good news" as they show that the use of circumcision 
to fight HIV is acceptable to women, Block says.
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