There are memes like "when you have to prove that you're jewish" or crass jokes about people standing out due to their lack of foreskin, but i remember hearing that a huge swathes of American men are circumcised - it's like 49%. Jesus.

If literally half of every men are circumcised, why is it even a remarkable topic to Americans? How did it become such a meme?

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[–] 66 points 3 weeks ago (22 children)

I got pushback when I told my ex and docs no to chopping my kid despite having been so myself.

'But it's cleaner and easier to manage...'

Don't care, unless you can give a medical need reason he can make that choice as an adult if he wants.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    But it’s cleaner and easier to manage

    Both complete lies btw

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    The one "truth" is that it "reduces the risk of cancer"... Because technically chopping anything off reduces the risk of cancer, because that thing can no longer get it.

    However foreskin cancer is not exactly a high cause for concern, and by this logic cutting off your ears and nose would be more logical.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Also not necessarily correct, foreskin protects from chafing and other similar micro fissures that happen daily for people without foreskin (as shown by the person above you having issues running). And while removing a part of you does lower the chances of getting cancer there, if it's protecting another part of you from something it can increase the risk of cancer on that other part.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    "it's cleaner"

    ... is such a weird reason to me.

    Washing your knob when you shower is one of life's little pleasures. Who's avoiding it to the point their beanie is getting crusty under there?

    If a dude can't even give his old feller a good scrub a dub dub, where else is he neglecting?

    Lack of hygiene in general is the bigger issue in this scenario that's for sure.

    "easier to manage"

    I'm almost scared to ask what specifically is being managed here... It's a dick, not an intern.

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    [–] 46 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    I wonder what kind of parent is okay with sexually mutilating their child. That sounds just fucked up.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Here Rabbi, bite the tip of my infants penis off. Crazy isn't it?

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  • [–] 19 points 3 weeks ago

    I fear every religion and society that imposes that on children suffers from a very sordid case of "author's kink". If you're born with it and are not suffering from it, there is absolutely no fucking reason in the universe to cut out the foreskin of a boy or the clitoris of a girl. What the absolute fuck, mankind.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    It's viewed as either a cultural or religious tradition. Both of these are hard to pull your head away from once you're raised in that situation, but it is possible. There are likely some cultural or religious practices most of us follow that might be viewed as bad by the masses in a few generations, like eating meat. Or at least lamb/veal.

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    "Haha peepee funny"

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  • [–] 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
    1. Americans are a minority on the internet
    2. It's a joke, being built on truth and fact is not a core requirement
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    [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    It's only 49‰? Color me surprised.

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  • [–] 48 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    The rate of circumcision has been dropping in large part due to the millennial generation refusing to do so to our own children.

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  • [–] 46 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Millennials just out here casually making the world a slightly less horrible place for people to grow up in, in very measurable statistics that only they have direct control of, and that unambiguously cannot be attributed to any other generation, despite getting relentlessly manipulated, economically rugpulled and politically sabotaged their entire lives.

    Fucking millennials are so obnoxious, amirite? lol avocado toast or whatever! /s

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago

    We're stuck being the maintenance team for the boomers as they actively shit themselves but wont get out of the way of progress, or even the normal progression of life.

    We're trapped in the job market right as they rugpull the whole fucking thing.

    I feel for genz. Their attitude to work is right on the money.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago*

    Millennial here, from an extremely Protestant Christian conservative family, fighting the good fight. I vow to continue not mutilating my children’s genitalia for as many as I can afford to have.

    Just kidding. We can’t afford any more.

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    [–] 25 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    THIS is why Im an intactivist . THIS is why we need faaar better sex education that illegalizes Male, Female and Intersex Genital Mutilation!

    Study of Danish men shows that amongst about 800,000 men tested those who were circumcised had higher STD and HIV rates

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00809-6%C2%A0

    Study of almost 400 men shows that after circumcision more of them reported having more difficulty achieving orgasm and masturbating than before https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17155977/

    histological study of 26 men showed that the foreskin was the most neurologically sensitive part of the penis. The foreskin also played a part in protecting the glan of the penis from rubbing against clothing that made it more sensitive in those with a foreskin https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13481      

     Intact America Survey finds that the majority of mothers who were prompted to give their son a circumcision accepted meanwhile the majority who were not did not give their son a circumcision. mothers were asked on average 8 times if they wanted to circumcise their son. Soft sells,” such as being handed a consent form, increased circumcisions by 137%. Instead mothers should be given informational materials on how to clean theirvintact son's foreskin. the foreskin will correctly retract after late puberty https://intactamerica.org/press-release-having-a-baby-boy-get-ready-for-the-circumcision-sellers/

    American Academy of Pediatrics representatives get grilled on questions that have to do with the functionality of the foreskin AND OF COURSE, they cannot answer them. Because they're corrupt bribed shills!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUU6g_hoGvU

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334636997_Perversion_and_Perpetration_in_Female_Genital_Mutilation_Law_The_Unmaking_of_Women_as_Bearers_of_Law

    A study of nearly 200 adolescents from Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and South Africa show overwhelming ridicule of those who have an intact penis and a ton of misinformation. Women believed that men who had a circumcision could be more promiscuous and that having a circumcised penis improved the sexual health of all partners involved in sex. Men reported a widespread support from female lovers to get a circumcision. There is no evidence that male genital mutilation or circumcison leads to significant increases in pleasure or decreases in disease transmission rates . The circumcision propaganda machine is clearly working!

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5888916/

    according to the CDC and what they examined amongst men in the USA at least. The rates for breast cancer and penile cancer in men are actually about the same.

    https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/men/index.htm

    https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/#/Trends/

    https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/basic_info/index.htm#%3A%7E%3Atext=Each+year+in+the+United%2CWhat+Is+Breast+Cancer%3F

    https://www.healthline.com/health-news/cancer-of-the-penis-is-rare-but-can-quickly-become-deadly

    Therefore, In men preventative mastectomies against breast cancer are more justifiable than circumcisions as preventative measures against penile cancers.

    (And also yes being bigger or having more skin does increase your odds of getting some cancers as having more skin cells increases your odds of getting cancer... but I doubt that penile cancer is one of them - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34515952)

    https://i.redd.it/or5hgojxkk991.png

    "Does Circumcision Reduce Men’s Sexual Sensitivity? " Sham article that was 'medically reviewed' by a person who...is a writer that majored in English!? HOW!? We don't see people who majored in mathematics medically reviewing articles, right? So why should people who majored in English be the ones to medically review stuff??! We should have had a surgeon or doctor medically reviewing all human anatomy articles

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201510/does-circumcision-reduce-men-s-sexual-sensitivity

    https://archive.is/u0l9C

    https://www.circumstitions.com/resent-celebs.html#affleck

    https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/gd/12/1/article-p9.xml

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vHvJlEizN88J83r5H0FtUa627GykBum1IWOry-JeR0/edit

    You can't even trust the wrold health organization for accurate information on male genital mutilation and circumcisions since they are biased and ahve blood money from bill gates and melinda foundation

    https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization#cite_note-garenne2022B-30

    Posts and surveys from hundreds of people showing their anger against having had been circumcised.

    http://www.circumstitions.com/Resent.html

    The ridiculousness of male circumcision

    https://www.dovepress.com/female-genital-mutilation-and-male-circumcision-toward-an-autonomy-bas-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-MB

    AccorDing to the Circumcision Information and Resources Pages, studies they have reviewed have shown that circumcision laeds to problems like premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, and less marital and sexual satisfaction

    http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/

    A heroic website created by women who talk about how their partner's circumcision has negatively impacted their lives

    http://www.drmomma.org/2009/07/how-male-circumcision-impacts-women.html

    Phimosis: Stretching Methods with or without Application of Topical Steroids?

    https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(05)00684-0/fulltext

    The penises of mutilated boys of the Ulwaluko tribe who are forced to undergo circumcision from a young age in unhygenic settings by unprofessional surgeons (VERY NSFW)

    https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/Ulwaluko#Ulwaluko_photos_collection

    "There Are 20 Different Penis Types — and They’re All Important" SHAM article written by a quack which downplays the terrors of circumcision. Even in the article they recommend that circumcised penises should most likely use lubrication for masturbation...right after saying that circumcised penises function similarly to uncircumcised ones!? wooot!? Another SHAM article that's what!

    https://www.healthline.com/health/types-of-penises#penis-defined

     Lost Boys: An Estimate of USA Circumcision-Related Infant Deaths

    https://www.academia.edu/6394940/Lost_Boys_An_Estimate_of_U.S._Circumcision-Related_Infant_Deaths

    Numerous cases Of chidren having their penises burned and severed off as a result of a botched unnecessary circumcision process

    https://intaction.org/botched-circumcision-baby-loses-penis-malpractice/

    Doctor Accidentally Lasers Off Boy’s Penis During Circumcision

    https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19535324/laser-circumcision/

    Boy who was forced to live as a woman after their genitals had been seriously damaged in a botched circumcision in Canada

    https://canadiancrc.com/newspaper_articles/Globe_and_Mail_Boy_raised_as_girl_suffered_final_indignity_11MAY04.aspx%C2%A0

    There has also been a connection found between delayed ejaculation and circumcision. Some men with circumcised penises have found that the suffer from delayed ejaculation as a result of the numbness https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/and.12101

    According to a small survey the prevalence of death-grip syndrome , which is a serious destruction of nerves in the penis due to harsh masturbation, is moreso prevalent in circumcised men than in non circumcised men.  

    http://www.joseph4gi.com/2019/11/death-grip-and-circumcision-is-there.html?m=1       I for one have suffered from death-grip syndrome even though Im a virgin so let me give you what information I have gathered about it from myself: The foreskin is a massive organ remember! It covers the whole of the penile shaft from the meatus to the testicles and it slides back and forth and acts as a natural protector and solid lubricator for the penile shaft during masturbation or intercourse. Men with no foreskin tend to be gripping the the unprotected urethral shaft , which is not meant to be tightly gripped at all one should note, just as tightly as they would a protected one. That unprotected urethral shaft over time WILL receive thousands of  microinjuries and destroyed nerves over time. The loss of nerves in that region means that a man has to grip the unprotected urethral shaft harder and Harder and  **HAAARDER ** every time they masturbate and this damage eventually results in a loss of stimulation. I am sure there are many women out there who suffer from dead vagina syndrome which was made worse by THEIR unconsensual circumcision!  

    https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/13/need-know-dead-vagina-syndrome-7156032/  

    And finally a study of over 100 men proved that a circumcised penis is FAR less sensitive than a uncircumcised one in the ventral scar and glans of a penis because the foreskin protects the man's ventral scar AND glans from unwanted overstimulation (like when a man's glan is rubbing against his pants on a shaky bus ride)  and environmental damage (like water running down his urethra during a shower) - https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06685.x It is possible that circumcised women ALSO experience a decrease in stimulation to the clitoris without the clitoral hood due to , once again, overstimulation and environmental damage and it is possible that a woman gets her clitoral hood chopped off in a unconsensual circumcision. Heck some women have reported having their ENTIRE clitoris butchered off during their genital mutilation! ...I believe, and I'm sure most men agree with me, that a woman and all other non-males has the right to be born with and grow up wit h a vagina that is unharmed and unadulterated and gives her as much sensitivity, freedom and pleasure as she wants. Now, why do I so many men not have this right to having a protection against over stimulation and environmental damage?! In this case  men, women , and non-binary peoples are ALL are getting fucked over equally by genital mutilators!

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    Study of almost 400 men shows that after circumcision more of them reported having more difficulty achieving orgasm and masturbating than before

    This is, unfortunately, the reason it was originally done

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  • [–] 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    Genital mutilation is weird, doubly so when it's for a religion you don't even follow

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    [–] 22 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    It might be hard to wrap your head around it, but there are people on the internet who are not from the US.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 weeks ago* (3 children)

    Bullshit.

    Next you're gonna tell me there are actually girls here, too.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago* (4 children)

    Americans tend to punch down with jokes on men who are not circumcised. There is a lot of social pressure to circumcise our boys here.

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    [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago

    Because it's an immoral act to impose it on anyone without consent and barbaric to subject an infant to it.

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    [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago

    You misspelled male genital mutilation.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

    I feel like I you answered your own question.

    If roughly half of all American men are circumcised, then that means that there is a predictable binary status men can hold in that regard. People will focus on a dichotomy simply because it exists.

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