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Originally Posted by antikristuseke
It has nothing to do with medical benefits either. IIRC the practice of circumcision became popular when there was widespread belief that masturbation was bad and circumcision was utilized as a means to keep boys from masturbating. Nowadays it seems to be more about fashion and tradition than anything else.
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Maybe that's the reason given in your country but here it's always been about cleanliness. Besides, if that truly was the aim then it failed horribly. Circumcision does nothing to prevent masturbation. Especially when it was performed, like mine was, in infancy.