• gowan@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    It was connected to hygiene as infected foreskins were a common problem in WWI then it became a thing of matching the parents.

    Turning to anyone and telling them they are defective/deformed is the height of classlessness. You shouldn’t be surprised when acting like an asshole isn’t well received.

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      1 year ago

      Wow. This is the first I’ve ever heard of WW1 being referenced as a hygiene standard. Do you have a source for that?

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      1 year ago

      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

      • gowan@reddthat.com
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        No the USA is the only one that reacted by widely recommending circumcision. Others had this problem and confronted it differently.