I had hear of this myth in the early 2000s. To me, it seemed impossible that circumcision would somehow prevent HIV infection, but whatever, I thought it was good news.
Now it looks more and more like a concerted push by certain religious groups to get men circumcised.
And the people responsible for this will go unpunished, as usual.
Circumcision like Female Genital Mutilation is a form of trauma into submission, which perfectly demonstrates the main ideology of religions in order to maintain order when there would be chaos.
However as HIV uses Langerhan cells to infect the host, I've yet to find any evidence that circumcision protects against infection considering the distribution of Langerhan cells.
And lets not forget that the medical profession can identify and trace strains of virus as seen with covid, and bacterial infections can also be identified and thus traced, so the std sexual health clinics can work out who is shagging who and who is engaging in anal, but the front line staff probably dont know this, only the back orifice staff!
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 22.3 ms ] threadNow it looks more and more like a concerted push by certain religious groups to get men circumcised.
And the people responsible for this will go unpunished, as usual.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712534
Circumcision like Female Genital Mutilation is a form of trauma into submission, which perfectly demonstrates the main ideology of religions in order to maintain order when there would be chaos.
However as HIV uses Langerhan cells to infect the host, I've yet to find any evidence that circumcision protects against infection considering the distribution of Langerhan cells.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28433429
However whilst heterosexual people might think they are safe from infection, there is another attack vector on HIV's side, namely personal lubricants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_lubricant#Risks
And lets not forget that the medical profession can identify and trace strains of virus as seen with covid, and bacterial infections can also be identified and thus traced, so the std sexual health clinics can work out who is shagging who and who is engaging in anal, but the front line staff probably dont know this, only the back orifice staff!