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?

    • velma@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      Not anymore, it dropped to 49% recently.

      My statement could have been “it shouldn’t be normalized” to be more accurate tbf.

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        16 hours ago

        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

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          16 hours ago

          I literally heard nothing against the practice.

          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?