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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
Paste that is a flat out idiotic argument.
Does it really matter whether you are dealing with homosexual sex or heterosexual sex? Both can transmit HIV. Homosexuals are at increased risk, but due to the prevalence of HIV in Africa, heterosexual transmission is most common.
Not only that, but if you take the time to actually READ the article (found in the Journal of Infectious Diseases) you would find that they specifically limited their research to examine the risk of female to male transmission. The men involved were heterosexuals.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JID/journal/issues/v191n4/33047/33047.html
The fact of the matter is that circumcision does appear to protect against HIV transmission, so much so that the WHO is considering mounting a voluntary circumcision program in Africa to try and help curb the epidemic. Whether or not you consider homosexual sex to be the "norm" has nothing to do with the issue. Disease by definition is not the "norm" so when you are trying to treat and/or prevent disease you must look at the specific situations in which that disease is transmitted.
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Actually the concept that one should have a surgical procedure, only performed by a license professional of course, in order to make anal sex safe is the ridiculous one here.
If you don't know why HIV is spreading rapidly in Africa, then I'd suggest you learn more. It isn't from heterosexual sex between consenting adults.