r/NoStupidQuestions • u/TheCoolTreeGuy • May 28 '22
Why is circumcision so popular in USA?
In most part of the world that are not Muslim being circumcised is rare. So why is America different?
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u/thunder75 May 28 '22
John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of Cornflakes and brother to the founder of the Kellogg Company, thought circumcision would stop boys from masturbating. It became so prevalent that now we have many new fathers who say "I want my son to be like me" or "I don't want him to be made fun of in the lockerroom."
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u/MysteryNeighbor May 28 '22
We have a big ass meme of uncircumcised dongs being filthy and prone to infection which is only the case if you don’t clean it properly (which is incredibly easy to do)
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u/TheDENN1Ssystem May 29 '22
Because if people acknowledge cutting infant’s genitals is wrong, they’d have to also admit we’ve been basically abusing children for the past 70+ years.
We aren’t known for honest self-reflection. It’s easier for most people to say there’s nothing wrong with it than to admit we made a mistake.
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u/ThrustingBoner May 28 '22
Aesthetics
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u/GiveBackMyRidgedBand May 29 '22
These liars kept coming with reasons to do it. Next is to prevent covid, I guess…
Abraham Wolbarst - penile cancer https://ia600708.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/28/items/crossref-pre-1923-scholarly-works/10.1001%252Fjama.1913.04350150053020.zip&file=10.1001%252Fjama.1914.02560270008003.pdf https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C50&q=wolbarst+circumcision&btnG=
Abraham Ravich - Cervical cancer https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C50&q=ravich+circumcision&oq=ravich+cir https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C50&q=ravich+circumcision&oq=ravich+cir
Aaron Fink - started the HIV myth https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/014107689008301045
Thomas E Wiswell - UTIs, published information regarding the care of intact infants that led to foreskin damage. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C50&q=wiswell+foreskin&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DbiGqwHvQqi4J https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C50&q=wiswell+retraction&btnG=
Stephen J Moses- African studies. Cemented the HIV myth. Did a study that concludes that circumcision doesn’t affect sexual satisfaction. https://www.scielosp.org/article/bwho/2002.v80n2/89-96/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3042320/
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u/Lornedon May 28 '22
It started because some people thought that masturbating was bad and circumcision would prevent it. But they were wrong on both counts.
Nowadays it's mostly "I'm circumcised, so my son will be too".