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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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I think this is a good point. Boomer and older Gen X women might thinks an uncut guy is "weird." But, younger women have probably experienced both worlds, and don't have a hangup about it, one way or the other.

It's just an odd old American practice that is dying out. [/quote]

If the current rate in the us is 50-50, it is skewed by the number of Hispanic births. Truly. The large majority of white male babies in the DMV are circumcised. In very liberal/hippie circles it is closer to 50-50 [/quote]

Exactly this. "Oh the national average is around 50% so my son won't be the odd one out if I don't get him circumcised" is not a valid argument. If you live in an area without a large Hispanic population the rate is still close to 100% cut. I asked all my friends when my son was born and every single one got their sons circumcised. Yes, this was twelve years ago but it's still the same today.

My daughter (sixteen, very gen Z) works at a local (very hoity-toity) daycare/summer camp and there was a grand total of one boy that was uncircumcised (and [b]apparently everyone thought it was gross to have to change him[/b])[/quote]

I'm sorry what?!  How does the presence of foreskin make changing a diaper any more or less gross? [/quote]

Certainly speaks to maturity level.[/quote]

Very funny to see the last line of defense is always "because it looks gross to me, and everyone I know agrees". 
I bet all these moms would explode into a sanctimonious rant if someone dared to comment on their middle aged (natural!) portly frame, and saggy appearance.

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I'm not saying you have to circumcise your kid, and I'm not judging you if you don't, but if your justification for not doing it is "it's so common not to in the US that my son won't have to worry about getting teased or girls thinking he's gross" you are unfortunately mistaken.

I'm sorry if it's shallow, but I didn't want my son to have to worry about girls thinking he's gross. Because that is absolutely a thing that happens for uncircumcised boys in the US even with "gen z" girls, no matter what you read on your intactivist Facebook groups.[/quote]

How do you know this? 
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Because my teenage daughter has talked about how her and her friends think uncircumcised is gross, and looking on TikTok that is not an unpopular opinion. The circumcision rate where I live in Virginia is as high now as it was when I'm a teenager. Why would the prevailing attitude that foreskin is gross had changed?[/quote]

You always chime in on these threads about your daughter and her friends and TikTok. Seriously?

I personally live in VA, but believe it or not, my world extends beyond its borders. My kids' world does, too. We travel enough that this universal distaste is not a thing.[/quote]

Oh wait - is that the school nurse who creepily keeps track of teen circumcision? 
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How would a school nurse get this information? [/quote]

Sports physicals? I forget exactly. It was creepy. 
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