Reply #110: absolutely

[pitohui]

as i said at the very start of the thread, there is some reason that heterosexual transmission of HIV/AIDS is rare in north america yet common in africa -- and it is not because married men in north america don't cheat, i gave up on that part of the thread when i realized how far people are in denial abt the actual rates of extra-marital sex in usa

we need to identify the reason for the diference in heterosexual transmission rates

if the reason is the special gene, OK, that's pretty frigging useless, since we can't change people's genes

but if the reason is the circumcision or another cultural reason that can be changed, that is a good thing to know because we could start helping people immediately

WHO seems to think circumcision would help and i think it's worth a try if people are willing to accept it for their sons