# Batten Down the Hatches! New Circumcision News! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641 "2008-01-07T21:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641/1 "2008-01-07T21:22:49Z")
[Getting snipped doesn’t seem to affect your ability to enjoy sex.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7174929.stm) > [@](#): > > Circumcision does not reduce sexual satisfaction and so there should be no reservations about using this method as a way to combat HIV, a study says. > > Nearly 5,000 Ugandan men were recruited for the study. Half were circumcised, half had yet to undergo surgery. > > There was little difference between the two groups when they were asked to rate performance and satisfaction, the journal BJU International reports. > > Some studies suggest circumcision can cut male HIV infection by up to 50%. Not that I expect this to change anyone’s minds on the matter, but it’s an interesting tidbit. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641/2 "2008-01-07T21:33:04Z")
How come no one ever asks ME to be part of these studies? ☹ Not the AIDs part… the satisfying sex part… ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641/3 "2008-01-07T21:44:55Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] How come no one ever asks ME to be part of these studies? ☹ Not the AIDs part… the satisfying sex part… [/QUOTE] You know you’re asking for it… How you doin’? (Like I said, you know you were asking for it) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641/4 "2008-01-08T01:45:20Z")
Hey! ::wonders if insurance covers adult circumcision, because then I could go get my PA redone:: ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641/5 "2008-01-08T02:27:02Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Not that I expect this to change anyone’s minds on the matter, but it’s an interesting tidbit. [/QUOTE] Circumcision is all about interesting tidbits. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641/6 "2008-01-08T02:28:50Z")
_BJ_U international reports. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641/7 "2008-01-08T02:31:02Z")
Does anybody have \*\*Jack Dean Tyler’s \*\* email address? He might like to know this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batten-down-the-hatches-new-circumcision-news/432641/8 "2008-01-08T03:40:39Z")
I don’t think this is new. I mean, the study is, but there’ve been studies saying essentially this for ages. Likewise studies saying otherwise. Hate to say it, but if we had a vaccination that provided 50% immunity, we’d be talking Nobel prize here. I think it’s pretty clear where this leaves circumcision as an AIDS prevention technique.