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<blockquote data-quote="Days of Broken Arrows" data-source="post: 327332" data-attributes="member: 4258">He's right. It was anti-masturbation hysteria, but from what I gather it started before the 1950s with the guy Kellogg -- the one behind the cereal company. He also believed in enemas regularly. There is a movie from the '90s about him called &quot;The Road to Wellness&quot; starring Matthew Broderick.The reason this is still done is because circumcision is a big money maker for hospitals. Superstitious bullshit tends to stick around when someone can make a profit off it. There is no medical basis for circumcision and in fact a large number of them are botched. For further reading, consult the books of Dr. Dean Edell, a medical physician who not is against the practice but is Jewish -- and doesn't believe religious rituals should be medical procedure for everyone.God, or nature, didn't make mistakes with the human body that humans need to &quot;correct.&quot; And if people can justify circumcision for men, I don't see why you can't do the same for women -- and throw in foot-binding while they're at it. Also, women should have no say in this debate, as it's not their bodies. My body my choice -- maybe they've heard that saying somewhere.PS: The same debate is happening in regard to wisdom teeth. Unless they're impacted or you have too many teeth for your mouth, they don't need to come out. Mine grew in fine but a dentist convinced me they were &quot;problematic&quot; and removed two. I later found out his kid was in legal trouble and he was doing unnecessary procedures to raise legal funds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Days of Broken Arrows, post: 327332, member: 4258"] He's right. It was anti-masturbation hysteria, but from what I gather it started before the 1950s with the guy Kellogg -- the one behind the cereal company. He also believed in enemas regularly. There is a movie from the '90s about him called "The Road to Wellness" starring Matthew Broderick. The reason this is still done is because circumcision is a big money maker for hospitals. Superstitious bullshit tends to stick around when someone can make a profit off it. There is no medical basis for circumcision and in fact a large number of them are botched. For further reading, consult the books of Dr. Dean Edell, a medical physician who not is against the practice but is Jewish -- and doesn't believe religious rituals should be medical procedure for everyone. God, or nature, didn't make mistakes with the human body that humans need to "correct." And if people can justify circumcision for men, I don't see why you can't do the same for women -- and throw in foot-binding while they're at it. Also, women should have no say in this debate, as it's not their bodies. My body my choice -- maybe they've heard that saying somewhere. PS: The same debate is happening in regard to wisdom teeth. Unless they're impacted or you have too many teeth for your mouth, they don't need to come out. Mine grew in fine but a dentist convinced me they were "problematic" and removed two. I later found out his kid was in legal trouble and he was doing unnecessary procedures to raise legal funds. [/QUOTE]

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