IIRC in America it was done as a supposed way to curb masterbation, and as time went on it instead stuck because nobody ever questioned it much.
People today still try to defend it with alleged hygiene and health benifits, mainly because people rarely take “your penis has somthing wrong with it” very well regardless of how kindly you phrase it.
mutilate
verb
transitive verb
1 : to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
2 : to cut off or cause severe damage to a limb or essential part of
IIRC in America it was done as a supposed way to curb masterbation, and as time went on it instead stuck because nobody ever questioned it much.
People today still try to defend it with alleged hygiene and health benifits, mainly because people rarely take “your penis has somthing wrong with it” very well regardless of how kindly you phrase it.
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Wow. This is the first I’ve ever heard of WW1 being referenced as a hygiene standard. Do you have a source for that?
The world war is called the world war because a ton of countries were involved and the US were the only country that had problems with foreskins?
I don’t think this is true
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They’re not wrong.
Merriam-Webster
mutilate
verb
transitive verb
1 : to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
2 : to cut off or cause severe damage to a limb or essential part of
But it has been mutilated.