The article I talked about in class was very interesting to me about AIDS in South Africa, and the lack of help from the government to encourage or pay for circumcision, which apparently decreases the chances of getting the deadly virus by over 50 percent.     Â
    I, as well as many people in my class, had never known this before, and I’m sure some sexually active adults in America would consider the surgery knowing this, even though it is not as much of a problem here as in Africa. A chart from the article showed that the countries with a higher percentage of people infected with AIDS have a much lower percentage of people who have gotten circumcised. This may be partly because there are not enough hospitals in certain areas for a lot of people to get the procedure done in a short period of time. But the article also shows that not enough people are being encouraged to get the operation, and the government of South Africa could be doing a lot more, but they seem quiet on this issue. Â
    In some countries in Africa, people are being motivated by talks of increased sexual performance once getting the operation done. The article quotes a man saying he got the operation because his girlfriend encouraged him to for sexual purposes. Maybe spreading word about better sex would help more people go and get circumcised, although a far less chance of getting AIDS seems like it should be enough motivation.