Which countries practice circumcision

This helped entrench an elective medical practice, creating generations of foreskinless fathers and doctors who were inclined to believe it was best for their sons, too. This is not to say that official bodies such as the CDC and AAP are issuing health guidelines with an eye on the bottom line. He notes that because most American physicians are circumcised and work in places where the surgery is common, they are more likely to look for reasons to support the practice than question it.

As the procedure is both deeply personal and a bit taboo no one really likes talking about genitals , few people even discuss it at all. Grown men who have never known life with a foreskin are disinclined to mourn it. Elsewhere, however, uncircumcised physicians are better placed to appreciate this elastic, functional sleeve of tissue, which is not only tremendously sexually sensitive but also handy for protecting the head of the penis from abrasion.

Government-financed health care also squeezes out costly discretionary practices, making it easier for doctors in other developed countries to see that a prophylactic surgery on healthy, non-consenting infants is not quite the most conservative, least harmful way of achieving certain results.

Some uncircumcised boys will still run the risk of phimosis, but the risk is rare. A new population-based study from Denmark , where most boys are uncircumcised, found that medical necessity forced a foreskin intervention in a mere. Because there are less invasive ways to enjoy the negligible benefits of circumcision, some argue that the practice in America is unethical.

They have a point—particularly as the surgery permanently alters those who have no say in the matter. Parents may still wish to go through with it, for religious or cultural reasons.

But it would be better if more Americans questioned a medical establishment that encourages a surgery that every other country in the industrialized world recognizes as unnecessary. By providing your email, you agree to the Quartz Privacy Policy. Skip to navigation Skip to content.

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From our Series. By Emily Bobrow. Published January 17, This article is more than 2 years old. The estimate indicates that circumcision is higher among countries where the Muslim or Jewish faith are commonplace, such as Iran per cent , Iraq 99 per cent , West Bank 99 per cent , Yemen 99 per cent , Indonesia 93 per cent , Syria 93 per cent , and Israel 92 per cent.

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