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There are memes like "when you have to prove that you're jewish" or crass jokes about people standing out due to their lack of foreskin, but i remember hearing that a huge swathes of American men are circumcised - it's like 49%. Jesus.

If literally half of every men are circumcised, why is it even a remarkable topic to Americans? How did it become such a meme?

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[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

But it’s cleaner and easier to manage

Both complete lies btw

[-] Karjalan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The one "truth" is that it "reduces the risk of cancer"... Because technically chopping anything off reduces the risk of cancer, because that thing can no longer get it.

However foreskin cancer is not exactly a high cause for concern, and by this logic cutting off your ears and nose would be more logical.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago

Also not necessarily correct, foreskin protects from chafing and other similar micro fissures that happen daily for people without foreskin (as shown by the person above you having issues running). And while removing a part of you does lower the chances of getting cancer there, if it's protecting another part of you from something it can increase the risk of cancer on that other part.

[-] Karjalan@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Yeah fair point.

There's probably studies/data on some of this, but for a thinly veiled argument that people use in bad faith I wasn't going to go that in depth.

[-] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 1 points 23 hours ago

It's definitely easier to manage the sccccccchhhhmegma without the ol smegma catcher being present, but I didn't get my son circ'd because running in gym shorts when you're fat, with a little acorn pointing straight forward, can lead to sphincter chaffing ... and I'm not very fond of that feeling. I didn't want to pass it down to him.

I hope he goes on to become a fast runner without the threat of penile chaffing. Good luck, my son, should you ever read this after I'm doxd

[-] timmy_dean_sausage@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

I shower everyday and never have cheese dick.. You just pull it back when you're cleaning it. It's one extra hand movement. I don't see how one is easier or cleaner than the other tbh

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 7 hours ago

Probably same folks that say mouth wash is too difficult.

[-] essell@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Sometimes cleaning it is the best part of my day

[-] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 1 points 19 hours ago

It's not a big deal to clean, but it does require a little extra care, yeah

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