Table 6.
Sexual satisfaction and pleasure reported by men at the final timepoint of 24 months after circumcision in a large RCT8
| Characteristic | Much more |
Somewhat more |
About the same |
Somewhat less |
Much less |
Don't know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penile sensitivity | 64∗ | 7.8 | 19.3 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| Ease of reaching | 54.4 | 8.6 | 22.4 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| orgasm | ||||||
| Frequency of sex | 29.0 | 9.8 | 34.7 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 1.8 |
| Feeling of being | 67.9 | 15.6 | 10.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| protected against | ||||||
| sexual disease |
| Not aware of having been circ'd | Very pleased | Somewhat pleased | Neutral or expressed no opinion | Somewhat displeased | Very displeased | No opinion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual partners' reaction to MC | 7.6 | 59.6 | 3.0 | 28.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Have not used a condom since MC | Easier to use | Not as easy to use | Same as before | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easiness of condom use | 23.7 | 59.3 | 1.9 | 15.2 |
∗
Values shown are percentages.