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=== Another Letter: The HIV/AIDS Hypothesis ===
In 1986, Fink sent a letter--"A possible Explanation for Heterosexual Male Infection with AIDS," where he argued that the hard and toughened glans of the circumcised male resisted infection, while the soft and sensitive foreskin and glans mucosa of the intact male were ports of entry.<ref>Fink, Aaron J. "A possible Explanation for Heterosexual Male Infection with AIDS." ''New England Journal of Medicine'' 315, 18 (1986): 1167</ref> Fink proposed in his letter: "I suspect that men in the United States, who, as compared with those in Africa and elsewhere, have had less acquisition of AIDS, have benefited from the high rate of newborn circumcision in the United States," regardless of the fact that the United States has one of the highest circumcision rates, and one of the highest HIV rates, in the western (industrialized) world (compare with European countries, Canda, and Australia).<ref>{{REFweb
| last=WHO/UNAIDS | first= | date=2004 | title=A global view of HIV infection | url=http://www.who.int/hiv/facts/hiv2003/en/ | publisher=World Health Organization | accessdate=2011-02-27
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| Title=Fink's Own Words | Text=This is nothing I can prove. | Author= | Source="This Little Operation". ''[[Marked in Your Flesh]].'' p.206-208
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| Title=Fink's Own Words | Text=Will your infant son have a problem practicing daily cleaning of his penis? Will he be promiscuous? Will he visit prostitutes? Will he be at greater risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS? Will he use a condom? Will he live in a tropical humid land? Will he be a diabetic? | Author=Fink, Aaron J. | Source=Circumcision, 3.
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