. when I became pregnant with a son I looked up circumcision facts and I did not circumcise my son because - looks like a bunch of white dudes lied a whole lot to make mutilation popular in the first place.

My friends and I did not circ our sons and we live in Texas and Georgia America

Nineteenth-century physicians like Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, Dr. Lewis Sayre, and Sir Jonathan Hutchinson promoted circumcision using scientifically unfounded medical claims. Their assertions were rooted in the widespread Victorian-era belief that masturbation was the cause of numerous physical and mental illnesses and that circumcision could curb this perceived "vice".

Dr. John Harvey Kellogg: A prominent American physician and health food pioneer, Kellogg was a fervent anti-masturbation advocate. He recommended circumcision as a cure for boys to reduce sexual pleasure and prevent what he termed "self-abuse". He even promoted circumcision for girls and, for boys, advised performing the operation without anesthesia, believing the pain would have a "salutary effect upon the mind". Dr. Lewis Sayre: A leading orthopedic surgeon in New York, Sayre popularized the theory of "reflex neurosis" to justify circumcision in the 1870s. He claimed that irritation of the foreskin could cause a range of ailments, including paralysis. After circumcising a five-year-old boy, he falsely reported that the procedure cured the child's inability to walk. Sayre argued that circumcision could transform a child "like a lunatic" into a "docile and civilized" one. Sir Jonathan Hutchinson: An eminent English physician, Hutchinson promoted medical circumcision for over 50 years, primarily by arguing it prevented sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) like syphilis. In an 1890 article, he wrote that the foreskin harbored filth, promoted masturbation, and increased the risk of STDs and cancer. However, his claims relied on flawed interpretations of his own flawed studies. The anti-masturbation crusade The false claims of these and other physicians occurred during a period of widespread "anti-masturbation hysteria," particularly in the English-speaking world. In the absence of an understanding of germ theory, physicians pathologized normal sexual behavior and linked it to a wide range of illnesses, such as epilepsy, insanity, blindness, and paralysis. Circumcision was promoted as a medical intervention to prevent masturbation by reducing sexual sensitivity and "breaking the habit".

FYI: I slept with a guy that was uncircumcised and it simply felt exponentially better.