[quote author=Gubernogin link=board=youth;num=1075341523;start=80#81 date=04/08/04 at 21:01:38]There are studies currently being conducted that are proving the forskin has receptor cells in it that are actually more receptive to the HIV virus. This results in a greater possibility of contracting HIV during unprotected sex.[/quote]
Citations? Peer-reviewed journals, please. Here are examples of citations:
"It is equally plausible that the AIDS virus enters the active male partner, involved in vaginal or anal sex, through the fragile columnal cells lining the urethra. Circumcision removes the protection normally provided by the foreskin, thus predisposing the penis to meatal ulceration and subsequent meatal stenosis ... One could extrapolate his [Dr. Fink's] hypothesis to suggest that the absence of circumcision [i.e., the presence of a foreskin] may actually protect against transmission of AIDS by protecting the urethral mucosa." (Letter from Robert W. Enzenauer, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine, June 11, 1987)
"Several new studies have shown that circumcised males are at higher risk for developing genital warts, gonorrhea, syphilis, non-gonococcal urethritis, and HIV infection." (Robert S. Van Howe, MD, Letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Nov. 17, 1995)
"[T]he data also show a somewhat higher incidence of genital warts, nongonococcal urethritis, and scabies in the circumcised men ... examination of large numbers of healthy [circumcised] men in both military and civilian circumstances discloses a very substantial incidence of persistent suture holes, microsinuses, skin tabs and bridging, and irregular scarring--all subject to abrasion and the accumulation of moist debris." (Letter from John G. Swadey, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine, June 11, 1987)
Oh, BTW, according to the CDC, Indians have lower rates of HIV infection (about a factor of three) than whites. We also have much lower rates of circumcision; most of us don't trust hospitals enough to deliver our children because for much of the 20th century, Indian women were forcibly sterilized.