Male Circumcision Going Extinct? An AC Experiment on Society's View on Circumcision

Male circumcision is the surgical procedure of removing part or all of the foreskin on the penis. The word circumcision is derived from the Latin word "circum" or around and "caedere" to cut. Research indicates that circumcision dates back possibly to the stone age. No one really knows for sure exactly why circumcisions were originally performed but several theories have been made. Perhaps it was used as a form of sacrifice or a rite of passage. Some believe circumcisions were performed to alter the sexuality of the man. For whatever reason, circumcision got it's start, and it is still the most common surgical procedure performed in the United States today.

As a religious requirement, followers of the Islamic and Jewish faiths circumcise their sons. On the eighth day after birth, a special naming ceremony and a "bris" is performed usually by a mohel (a Jewish ritual circumciser). This is a very special time for the family and afterward a party is sometimes thrown. Although many believe that circumcision is fundamental to Judaism, some Jewish families are choosing to have a circumcision free ceremony. Instead, they would have a "Bris Shalom" or the ceremony without the slice.

According to user added content on Wikipedia (Which is currently being flagged for it's question of neutrality on the subject) Routine circumcision practices in South Korea are largely the result of American cultural and military influence following the Korean War. Also noted on Wikipedia are the non-western initiatory traditions that state circumcision can be part of an initiation rite in some African, Pacific Islander and certain isolated Australian aboriginal traditions. Certain Aborigines people are believed to practice the more painful form of circumcision which includes sub-incisions. Basically in a nutshell, a sub-incision is a cut made through to the urethra with the expected outcome of making the penis look almost female "Labia-like". Sub-incisions are almost always self performed.