STIs:

  • Just because you are circumcised, doesn’t mean you can have unprotected sex, you can still catch diseases. 
  • Condoms protect against HIV, not circumcisions. 
  • Some studies show that circumcision has a slight preventive effect for AIDS and some STIs; however, other studies show an insignificant or opposite effect, especially for chlamydia. 
  • Circumcision reduces condom usage for many men. 
  • Many circumcised men are so compromised in their level of sexual sensitivity that they are very reluctant (or refuse) to wear condoms because even the thinnest condoms fully deaden their already weakened sexual sensations. 
  • The truth: sexual practices have a much greater effect on the chance of becoming infected than circumcision status. 
  • If someone acts on the misconception that circumcision alone will protect them, they are taking unwise chances. 
  • STI transmission is completely irrelevant to circumcising infant boys as they are not sexually active. 
  • Once a male reaches maturity if he chooses to believe that circumcision will protect him from STIs then it's his right to go get cut then. 
  • USA has one of the highest STI rates world wide, and we routinely circumcise. 
  • In Europe (for example) they routinely keep their children intact, and their STI rate is low. 
  • Option 1: Get circumcised and practice safe sex. 
  • Option 2: Practice safe sex.

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