I mentioned this in another post, but this is completely unfathomable for most parents outside of the US excepting Jews and Muslims. It's also a very weird phenomenon culturally: the fact that it is so common in the US (between 20% and 95% or something like that varying by US state) is a surprise to many outside of it — and conversely, that most cultures don't do this at all seems to surprise many Americans.
> but this is completely unfathomable for most parents outside of the US excepting Jews and Muslims.
Yeah! This is the third or fourth time I read about circumcision in the responses (after lots of answers, some for some against it), and I'm thinking WTF is wrong with all these people! For context, I'm from Europe, and circumcision is absolutely a non-topic here..
I mentioned this in another post, but this is completely unfathomable for most parents outside of the US excepting Jews and Muslims. It's also a very weird phenomenon culturally: the fact that it is so common in the US (between 20% and 95% or something like that varying by US state) is a surprise to many outside of it — and conversely, that most cultures don't do this at all seems to surprise many Americans.