Man kann Auvert kritisieren, nur eben kaum auf diesem Punkt.
Doch. Der gelinkte Artikel tut es:
"After controlling for urbanization, there was no difference in male HIV prevalence between the two groups: in urban areas, HIV seroprevalence was 9.5% in circumcised groups and 9.7% in uncircumcised groups, and conversely, 4.6% and 5.2%, respectively, in rural areas—none of the differences being significant [3]. "
Und weiter:
"For highly exposed men, such as men living in southern Africa, the choice is either using condoms consistently, with extremely low risk of becoming infected, or being circumcised, with relatively high risk of becoming infected. This is quite similar to women's choice to either use a highly efficacious contraceptive method or use a folk method. Some women make the second choice for religious reasons, with the obvious consequences. Is there a rationale for promoting the idea of circumcision when better choices are available? Regular condom use was found to be protective at the individual level and also effective for stopping HIV epidemics, as in Thailand [4, 5]."
Ergo: Beschneidung gibt Scheinsicherheit bzw. scheinbaren Schutz und ist deshalb verhgängnisvoll, weil die Gefahr besteht, dass sich beschnittene Männer in Sicherheit wiegen und eine HIV-Infektion riskieren. Dann könnte das Ergebnis genau so schrecklich werden, wie ohne Kondomschutz.