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?
When both “conventional wisdom” and our pediatrician advised it for hygiene and as something almost always harmless, and everyone I know had it done, I had no facts to decide against it for my sons
It’s normal. Almost always no negatives. reduces dick cheese
I realize there are horror stories but like with vaccines they are vanishingly rare
It’s not normal. What’s normal is allowing the natural design of the penis and foreskin to remain intact.
Wanna reduce dick cheese? Teach your sons how to clean their dicks.
It’s normal in the US, as in most people do it
Not anymore, it dropped to 49% recently.
My statement could have been “it shouldn’t be normalized” to be more accurate tbf.
I think history adds valuable context here ….
My kids are now in college. When they were babies, I literally heard nothing against the practice.
So 20 years of being public awareness and changing practices
It seems like you never went looking either.
I understand succumbing to social pressure unconsciously and I believe in “know better, do better”. I’m not trying to be harsh on you for choosing what you thought was best at the time. Now that you know, why do you still defend the practice?