17,052
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Add citation.
Historically, neonatal [[circumcision]] was promoted during late Victorian times in the English-speaking parts of [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]] and was widely practiced during the first part of the 20th century in these countries. <ref name="self2016">{{REFjournal |url=https://journals.troy.edu/index.php/test/article/view/386/302 |title=The Rise of Circumcision in Victorian America |first=Eleanor |last=Self |author-link=Eleanor Self |journal=The Alexandrian |volume=5 |issue=1 |date=2016 |accessdate=2022-09-02 |format=PDF}}</ref> However, the practice declined sharply in the [[United Kingdom ]] after the Second World War, and somewhat later in [[Canada]], [[Australia ]] and [[New Zealand]]. In South Korea, circumcision was largely unknown before the establishment of the United States trusteeship in 1945.
== Male circumcision to prevent masturbation ==