I really want to know how they test this? Specifically if they make people with HIV have sex with people who lack the virus? These studies bother me.

I am sure they are just monitoring normal sexual activity. Not making (or encouraging) people with HIV have sex with those that do not.

Medical studies have to follow very strict ethical standards that first do no harm. These researchers cannot force people to have safe sex if they are HIV+, but they can monitor the transmission of the disease among their partners, if they agree to be monitored.

Circumcision is wrong! It's an outdated brutal and unnecessary procedure. Why do we as a society think it is okay to mutilate newborn children?!

Okay, so I'm glad they do not endanger people's lives…BUT how do they know it's not the folds of the anal skin's fault, or maybe they swallowed, or other strange sexual occurance. Studies like this bother me because there is no way this can be a controlled experiment where the variables are under constant observation. And they always seem to vilify gay sex.

Yeah circumcision! The anti-circumcision freaks are just that, freaks!

This was buried in the article.

Circumcision, while somewhat expensive, is a one-time procedure that can reduce the risk of acquiring HIV for life. Researchers believe it does so by removing the foreskin, a portion of the penis that's most vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

The bottom line is, cut or uncut, use a condom.

That is the cutest penis picture ever. Where is it from?

I too would like to see if the study was peer reviewed. If it is, the increased percentage of safety as a cut man is significant enough for me.

Look, if you don't take care of an uncut cock then it becomes a
incubation ground for cheese to grow. So it would make sense other things also could. Personally, I don't care if a guy is cut or uncut but I will say that I have come across some uncut guys that smelled disgusting and it was obvious they did not wash much.

…I will say that I have come across some uncut guys that smelled disgusting and it was obvious they did not wash much.

And I've come across some cut guys that smelled disgusting, boytoy. It's an issue of hygiene, not cut vs. uncut.

What many studies shave found is that a prevalence, or history of previous STD's increases one's chance to easily acquire HIV.

I'm intact and I've been sexually active for 10 years and I've never had any kind of STD because I use a condom every time.

Since the late 10th century, circ has been a cure looking for a disease.