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Circumcision goes back thousands of years and instances of it are found All over the world where it is either a part of religious requirement as in the case of the Jews or a cultural development as is the case with many Muslims. there are also instances where the procedure represents a right of passage from boy hood to man hood. the majority of the worlds people however do not partake in this practice. It was first introduced for non religious reasons in English speaking country's during the Victorian era as a means of discouraging boys from masturbating. it was surmised at the time that it was bad for health to masturbate and that the practice could also make a person insane. In any case circumcision became wide spread in country's like Britain like Australia The USA, Canada South Africa and to some extent in India. It was even taken up by South Korea in an effort to emulate Americans. the procedure is now discredited by all major medical body's as being both damaging and a waste of time

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