Risk of HIV among women who had undergone Female Circumcision is roughly half that of women who had not. Association remained significant after adjusting for region, household wealth, age, lifetime partners, and union status.
- Female circumcision and HIV infection in Tanzania:
For better or for worse?
3rd IAS conference on HIV pathogenesis and treatment
Circumcised women experience sexual arousal and orgasm as frequently as uncircumcised women, according to a study of 1836 women. The results show "female genital cutting cannot be justified by arguments that suggest it reduces sexual activity in women."
- Journal ref: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (vol 109, p 1089)
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Female Circumcision Prevents HIV
Stallings et al. 2009 -
Risk of HIV among women who had undergone Female Circumcision is roughly half that of women who had not. Association remained significant after adjusting for region, household wealth, age, lifetime partners, and union status.
- Female circumcision and HIV infection in Tanzania:
For better or for worse?
3rd IAS conference on HIV pathogenesis and treatment
International AIDS Society
cleansexy 1 year ago
Women who have undergone Female Circumcision have a significantly decreased risk of HIV-2 infection when compared to those who had not.
Kanki P, M'Boup S, Marlink R, et al.
"Prevalence & risk determinants of HIV type 2
(HIV-2) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1
(HIV-1) in west African female prostitutes
Am. J. Epidemiol. 136 (7): 895-907. PMID
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NewScientist (Sep 2002) -
Circumcised women experience sexual arousal and orgasm as frequently as uncircumcised women, according to a study of 1836 women. The results show "female genital cutting cannot be justified by arguments that suggest it reduces sexual activity in women."
- Journal ref: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (vol 109, p 1089)
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Pleasure and Orgasm in Women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C).
1: J Sex Med. 2007 Nov;4(6):1666-78.
Group of 137 women, affected by different types of female circumcision.
86% have orgasms
69.23% always have orgasms
91.23% of the younger women have orgasms
14 out of 15 infibulated report orgasms
Infibulated women showed the same desire, arousal, & satisfaction
No differences observed between circumcised and not regarding pain
PMID: 17970975 [PubMed - for MEDLINE]
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