Where do you think the peer pressure and beauty standards came from? It was those wacko doctors. To the point where it became “what you do”. Modern commercialization of medicine is unrelated. It became what Americans do when their infant has a dick. Most Americans just did it. Speaking as an American who had a foreskin and who has dated multiple anti circumcision activists, I seriously can’t emphasize enough how much it’s just autopilot for everyone. There’s no marketing cabal of the medical establishment to push circumcision to make money, its just that very few of the doctors that have dicks have foreskins, very few of the patients’ fathers have them either, and if given a flat question, very few of the patients are going to leave with one. And that culture of circumcision came from an era where the main goal was to stop masturbation because it was seen as leading to mental illness.
And Wikipedia isn’t an academic source, it’s one of the absolute best “here’s what seems to be known” sources for casual understanding because it’s curated and shows it’s sources. No encyclopedia is an acceptable source in academics. And I’m also aware that my personal experiences don’t count as a rigorous source.
very few of the doctors that have dicks have foreskins, very few of the patients’ fathers have them either,
35.5% to 41.7% from 1979 through 2010 can in no reasonable way be called ‘very few’.
That is from the CDC (a real source)
And the concept of Wikipedia sounded good at the time but reality is different.
It is highly manipulable, as often happened and even their own ‘curation’ is on the highest level not transparent.
And what is stated in articles is not necessarily true since they indeed show sources but they can also be shit depending on who edits the article.
But most people won’t even look at them, “wiki says it’s so” and that’s that.
You can use it if you need to look something up about a flower but any controversial topic and certainly political stuff most certainly not.
Where do you think the peer pressure and beauty standards came from? It was those wacko doctors. To the point where it became “what you do”. Modern commercialization of medicine is unrelated. It became what Americans do when their infant has a dick. Most Americans just did it. Speaking as an American who had a foreskin and who has dated multiple anti circumcision activists, I seriously can’t emphasize enough how much it’s just autopilot for everyone. There’s no marketing cabal of the medical establishment to push circumcision to make money, its just that very few of the doctors that have dicks have foreskins, very few of the patients’ fathers have them either, and if given a flat question, very few of the patients are going to leave with one. And that culture of circumcision came from an era where the main goal was to stop masturbation because it was seen as leading to mental illness.
And Wikipedia isn’t an academic source, it’s one of the absolute best “here’s what seems to be known” sources for casual understanding because it’s curated and shows it’s sources. No encyclopedia is an acceptable source in academics. And I’m also aware that my personal experiences don’t count as a rigorous source.
35.5% to 41.7% from 1979 through 2010 can in no reasonable way be called ‘very few’.
That is from the CDC (a real source)
And the concept of Wikipedia sounded good at the time but reality is different.
It is highly manipulable, as often happened and even their own ‘curation’ is on the highest level not transparent. And what is stated in articles is not necessarily true since they indeed show sources but they can also be shit depending on who edits the article.
But most people won’t even look at them, “wiki says it’s so” and that’s that. You can use it if you need to look something up about a flower but any controversial topic and certainly political stuff most certainly not.
Anyway, enough about this.