Critics of circumcision regularly hurl insults at the ancient practice. Calling circumcision “male genital mutilation” has become trendy, while calling it a “sacred ritual” or citing its likely health benefits has gone out of vogue.
Yet most American Jews and Muslims are circumcised for religious reasons, and as many as three quarters of all American males have been circumcised medically, each group at the discretion of their parents. Clearly not everyone is listening to circumcision’s detractors. MORE
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