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Originally Posted by ZenGum
The most amazing thing, to me, is that the social pressure to maintain this, and the actual operation, is mostly done by women.
I'm against that.
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In this country, most male circumcisions are performed by male doctors, and most women say they leave the decision on whether to circumcise their sons up to their husbands.
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Originally Posted by DanaC
In the school playgrounds, little girls who haven't had that done to them are teased and called dirty by those who have.
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As young as playgrounds, no. But yes, in this country there is definitely an association with uncircumcised penises being unclean, among teenage and 20-something girls.
I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying the whole mindset is not as foreign as you might believe.