Godfrey Kigozi1, Ivan Lukabwe1, Joseph Kagaayi1, Maria J. Wawer2, Betty Nantume1, Grace Kigozi1, Fred Nalugoda1, Noah Kiwanuka3, Fred Wabwire‐Mangen3, David Serwadda3, Renée Ridzon4, Dennis Buwembo1, Dorothy Nabukenya1, Stephen Watya5, Tom Lutalo6, James Nkale1, Ronald H. Gray2
1Rakai Health Sciences Program,
2Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
3School of Public Health
4Gates Foundation,
5Department of Surgery, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, and
6Uganda Virus Research Institute; Entebbe
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OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of adult medical male circumcision on female sexual satisfaction.SUBJECTS AND METHODSWe investigated self‐reported sexual satisfaction among 455 women partners of men circumcised in a randomized trial of male circumcision for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus in Rakai, Uganda. Women aged 15–49 years were interviewed about their sexual satisfaction before and after their partners were circumcised. We analysed female‐reported changes in sexual satisfaction using chi‐square or Fisher’s exact tests.RESULTSOnly 2.9% (13/455) of women reported less sexual satisfaction after their partners were circumcised; 57.3% (255/455) reported no change in sexual satisfaction and 39.8% (177/455) reported an improvement in sexual satisfaction after their partner’s circumcision. There were no statistically significant differences in sexual satisfaction before and after partner’s circumcision by age, religion and education status.CONCLUSIONThe overwhelming majority of women (97.1%) report either no change or improved sexual satisfaction after their male partner was circumcised. These findings suggest that male circumcision has no deleterious effect on female sexual satisfaction.
