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[-] LazyBane@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

IIRC in America it was done as a supposed way to curb masterbation, and as time went on it instead stuck because nobody ever questioned it much.

People today still try to defend it with alleged hygiene and health benifits, mainly because people rarely take "your penis has somthing wrong with it" very well regardless of how kindly you phrase it.

[-] gowan@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

It was connected to hygiene as infected foreskins were a common problem in WWI then it became a thing of matching the parents.

Turning to anyone and telling them they are defective/deformed is the height of classlessness. You shouldn't be surprised when acting like an asshole isn't well received.

[-] fkn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Wow. This is the first I've ever heard of WW1 being referenced as a hygiene standard. Do you have a source for that?

[-] teichflamme@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The world war is called the world war because a ton of countries were involved and the US were the only country that had problems with foreskins?

I don't think this is true

[-] gowan@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

No the USA is the only one that reacted by widely recommending circumcision. Others had this problem and confronted it differently.

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