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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe current rate in the US is close 50/50.

So while boomer parents cannot fathom choosing not to circumcise, and most of the children were circumcised, the US is a different place now.  Lots of people are making more educated choses about healthcare vs the old thinking of "it looks funny/gross" if you don't circumcise. Plus more immigration.  The 1970s-90s practice norms are dying.  So while you personally may think it looks weird or girls won't like it, or some of the other dumb reasons since it was the norm in your generation- that will not the experience and opinions of the next generation of teens that are now young children. 
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Yeah this is the key point. We're a few generations out from the cultural practice dying out. Rates are dropping rapidly and soon it won't be "normal vs. weird" or "like dad" since half of dads will be uncircumcised in another 20-30 years. At some point it will become enough of a minority that there will be a cultural tipping point and it will shift to "weird" to be circumcised. I have my own opinions but don't have a dog in this fight, except that I have 6 nephews in different parts of the country and none are circumcised. I just hope the strongly opinionated moms here don't turn into mean, judgmental grandma/MILs when their grown kids decide not to circumcise their own kids. [/quote]

I actually think the opposite. The evidence that there is a benefit is becoming clearer and I think it will remain more like a 50/50 thing. And nothing will be considered 'weird' in a generation or two but it will be more commonly accepted because I think this generation of men will have what others did not which is adequate representation of both experience and it will be clear that for the vast majority of men either choice is fine but there will be fringe cases on both sides that have horor stories and it will just settle out to being a non issue in a few decades.[/quote]

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