circumcision makes sex better n reduces risk of HIV

Male circumcision, an operation
being promoted in Africa to help
prevent HIV infection, boosts men’s
sexual pleasure, according to a
study presented at the conference
on Aids medicine winding up here
on Wednesday.
The probe is one of a panoply into
the medical and psychological
impacts of the fast-growing
circumcision campaign.
Researchers at the University of
Makerere in Uganda interviewed 316
men, average age 22, who had been
circumcised between February and
September 2009.
A month after the operation, 82.3
per cent said they were very
satisfied with the operation and 17.7
per cent said they were satisfied.
A year after the operation, 220 of the
volunteers said they were sexually
active, of whom a quarter said they
used condoms.
A total of 87.7 per cent said they
found it easier to reach an orgasm
after being circumcised, and 92.3
per cent said they experienced more
sexual pleasure.
Said they were happy
Nine out of 10 said they were happy
with how their penis looked — and
more than 95.4 per cent said they
believed their partner was also
satisfied with its appearance.
The data was presented by
researchers in a poster session at
the four-day conference in Rome on
scientific and medical aspects of the
world’s HIV/Aids pandemic.
It updates previous findings that
circumcised men found greater
sexual enjoyment, thus easing one
of the mental barriers to the
campaign..
In 2006, trials in Kenya, Uganda and
South Africa found foreskin removal
more than halved men’s risk of
infection by the human
immunodeficiency virus.