Why is a guy being circumsized considered the normal? [I Circumcision]

It's totally unnatural so why is it preferred over a natural uncircumcised penis. I don't understand why people would want a guy to remove part of THEIR body.
It's awful to have to do that to yourself just to be considered normal.
So why is this accepted?

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helenS · 36-40, F

For Jewish and Islamic societies it's a religious ritual. (In my own opinion, it's a symbolic castration but that's only me)

Circumcision is difficult to understand in societies which are traditionally rooted in a Christian denomination.

Meatboy · 18-21, M

@helenS True but even if you aren't religious, circumcision is still considered normal to people

helenS · 36-40, F

@Meatboy In Central Europe (that's where I live) it isn't considered to be normal. I have rarely, if ever, met a man who was circumcised.

Meatboy · 18-21, M

@helenS Ooh right okay. Thanks for the info. Have a great rest of your day 👍

DrSunnyTheSkeptic · 26-30, M

@helenS It has nothing to do with castration, as far as I know it's for hygienic reasons because those cultures lived in hot deserts. I'm from Eastern Europe but have Turkish ancestry, I'm circumcized, it's not about being normal it's tradition.

Meatboy · 18-21, M

@DrSunnyTheSkeptic Again plenty of people do it/prefer it. Not just specific countries or religions

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Meatboy · 18-21, M

@DrSunnyTheSkeptic Read my other comment

helenS · 36-40, F

@DrSunnyTheSkeptic [quote]as far as I know it's for hygienic reasons because those cultures lived in hot deserts. [/quote]
I do not think anyone can seriously claim that the foreskin of a man's penis will lead to diseases in the desert. That's ridiculous.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@DrSunnyTheSkeptic Some say it is based on the biblical story in which Abraham was told by God to sacrifice his sone. Isaac was tied down to the alter and a ram was sacrificed when God spare Abraham from carrying out the sacrifice. Some believe the circumcision is a symbol of that act. The ritual circumcision in the Jewish religion is most often m=not performed by a physician, but by a person specially trained in the religious and medical aspect of the procedure, called a mohel.

There is some evidence of a health benefit, in cases of HIV/AIDS, in penile cancer, etc., but that is difficult to really measure given the many variables involved.

When i was in the military, I met with parents before their baby was born. I tried to convince them not to have their male infants circumcised. In the 2 years, not a single family elected to not have a circumcision.

No physician will do a circumcision without obtaining parental consent, and such physicians are trained in how to perform them!