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Frequently overlooked when considering the effect of circumcision on sexually transmitted infection is the difference in sexual behavior of circumcised men as compared with intact men. Hooykaas ''et al''. (1991) report that the sexual behavior of migrant circumcised men is more risky than that | Frequently overlooked when considering the effect of circumcision on sexually transmitted infection is the difference in sexual behavior of circumcised men as compared with intact men. Hooykaas ''et al''. (1991) report that the sexual behavior of migrant circumcised men is more risky than that of intact Dutch men.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|DOI=10.1136/sti.67.5.378 | |DOI=10.1136/sti.67.5.378 | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> Laumann ''et al''. (1997), in a study of American men, found | ||
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With respect to STDs, we found no evidence of a prophylactic role for circumcision and a slight tendency in the opposite direction. Indeed, the absence of a foreskin was significantly associated with contraction of bacterial STDs among men who have had many partners in their lifetimes. | |||
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