Just a few generations ago, pretty much every baby boy in the U.S. was circumcised-aka, had the foreskin of his penis removed.
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Now, new statistics presented at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna last month suggest a steep drop in the number of males getting this, uh, unkind cut. Last year, 33 percent of infant males were circumcised, a big drop compared to 2006, when 56 percent underwent this surgical procedure, according to stats reported in the New York Times.
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If the trend continues, uncut guys will soon outnumber circumcised ones, and a dude with a foreskin won't seem weird or odd at all. And really, why should it? Sex feels just as good for a man with a foreskin as it does for one without. Same goes for the woman hooking up with him. And condoms work equally well on both types of penises.
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It's also important to note that the United States and Israel are the only two countries where baby boys are routinely circumcised. And while many urologists recommend it because it can cut down on STD transmission risk, the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend it. Part of the reason why: it causes a whole hell of a lot of pain to newborn baby boys.
Are most of your guy friends circumcised or uncircumcised? Have you noticed a difference between having sex with a cut versus uncut man?
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