roedhunt: Howdy! Actually, I wasn't trying to establish the origin of uncircumcism, my point was, it began in the United States because of masturbation. And here is one of the many articles that confirms it. There is many other articles on this. Again to all, please feel free to look it up. There is also a lot of organizations that are trying to outlaw this barbaric mutilation.
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The Origin of Routine Infant Circumcision in the United States
The medical history of infant circumcision is full of fallacies. Circumcision in the United States began in the 1800's as an anti-masturbation measure. At that time, the medical community claimed that masturbation caused a multitude of medical problems ranging from bedwetting to syphilis to 'masturbatory insanity' to death to damnation of the eternal soul. (1, 2) Infant circumcision was touted as a cure-all that would prevent children from masturbating and thus protect them from these myriad dangers. (3, 4) Common beliefs about masturbation are described by an 18th century writer:
"The effects of masturbation range from impotence to epilepsy, and include 'consumption [tuberculosis], blindness, imbecility, insanity, rheumatism, gonorrhea, priapism [painful continuous erection due to disease], tumors, constipation, hemorrhoids, female homosexuality and finally lead to death." (5)
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I hope this sheds some light on how naive we were and that we should update our ways of treating our childrens body.