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Originally Posted by sera300
Alban:
The issue is the extra tissue which is present causing bacteria and viruses to trap and breed. All the hygiene will not stop this. It's the same as those who have skin folds. You can keep your areas clean but the extra folds do not allow the warm moist areas to dry, expose themselves to air nor to rid themselves of the disease. Hygiene helps but is not nearly effective as the alternative.
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True enough, but let's keep one fact straight here. If you are uncircumsized and NOT using a condom you stand a better chance of catching a sexually transmitted disease. If you ARE using a condom and practicing safe sex I don't think the statistics are significant. In areas of the world like Uganda it may be a valid point to promote the procedure, but alban is right in that it's very dangerous to (perhaps unintentionally) give the impression circumsion as a preventative measure will lesson chances of infection, therefore people conclude they can lighten up on normal safe sex practices. In developed nations where education in this area is high and people understand the importance of protected sex these kinds of news items, given in short headline or sound bites can be problematical.