Originally Posted by franzelneekburm

I always found this amusing - I was born in a country where cutting off a part of your genitals for no good reason isn't the norm, and it's always funny to see the concept of not doing it brought up as some radical new idea, with all sorts of associated misgivings.

The US seems to be one of the few (if not the only) countries where circumcision is prevalant, but not for religious reasons - how did the idea that you are born with more penis than you need come about?