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[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 apparently everyone thought it was gross to have to change him)[/quote]

Okay, I circ’d my son, but I hate this trope of uncircumcised penises as “gross.” It’s a variation of a body part. No need to shame.[/quote]

It's so weird.  It basically means that people are having cosmetic surgery performed on infants.  [/quote]

Imagine how a parent feels when hearing that their kid may have people “eww-ing” their infant kid while supposedly taking care of him. It’s not a feeling of wanting to circ my kid it’s a feeling more like go to hell I’ll have nothing to do with your sick mutilation cult.[/quote]

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