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People may have there penises circumcised for medical or religiours reasons. It is tradition Jewish boys have there penis circumcised at 8 days of age. And medicaly, most of the time it is because the forskin is too tight to pull back and wash and therefor you are circumcised.

The vast majority of circumcisions are done for religious cultural and right of passage reasons. In effect they are pressured into conforming to the mores of their local community and so the genital mutilation goes on. Even in highly educated countries like the USA there is a perception that circumcision has health benefits leading to a large number of their people being mutilated in the same way regardless of the recommendation of their leading medical authorities. There are no reasons relating to health or hygiene that necessitate circumcision except in the rarest of circumstances.

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