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IcyClearly t1_iyedgix wrote

How does she come to the conclusion wolverine is not circumcised? Is it a (relatively) recent thing?

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Whenthebeatdropolis t1_iyejxcg wrote

As far as I'm aware it's mostly practiced in Judaism and for some reason the USA. It is very rare in the UK and I believe most of the world

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BeetleLord t1_iyerxbh wrote

"for some reason"

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Whenthebeatdropolis t1_iyes7yv wrote

I don't know the reason

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BeetleLord t1_iyesz18 wrote

Some people do.

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Aboredgoat t1_iyeyxr0 wrote

Yeah because Kellogg popularized it in his weird crusade against masturbation.

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BeetleLord t1_iyf0jue wrote

Well, there's more to the story with regards to why it remains so popular after so many years.

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Aboredgoat t1_iyf3vim wrote

Yeah. Because men who had their genitals damaged do not want to tangle with the very psychologically harmful prospect of considering that they had their genitals damaged. So in the course of denial of their own damaged genitals, they damage the genitals of their sons, and the cycle repeats. Then there’s the ridiculous suggestion that young boys don’t pay enough attention to their dicks to be able to clean them if we don’t cut off pieces, and the pervasive view that “it looks better”, which is just a delightful reason to mutilate infants.

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Ok_Whereas_Pitiful t1_iyejlak wrote

I think widespread circumcision is relatively recent.

I think it is mainly a Jewish thing if I remember correctly. It would not surprise me if other cultures did it as well, but I am unsure if like the catholics, protestants, and/or quakers practiced circumcision.

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CriusofCoH t1_iyek0wf wrote

It's right there in the comic - given the time and place of his birth, it's unlikely.

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