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At the outset of the current trial, 64 percent of the men said they had sustained some form of penile injury during sex in the past six months — most often general soreness, scratches, cuts or abrasions. Seventeen percent said they had bleeding.

Six months into the trial, that rate was on the decline. By year two, 31 percent of circumcised men said they’d had a sex-related penile injury in the past six months.