History of circumcision in the UK
>1855-1918: physicists thought it would reduce STIs and recommended it
>Interwar period: experiments in mainland Europe but numbers stayed low because it was considered a jewish practice
>1945-1985: A popular book called "The fate of the foreskin" published in the UK showed that risks outweighed benefits so this practice fell sharply in the UK and Australia, but stayed high in the US
This is interesting because it shows how single individuals can change course for entire generations of boys. A handful of doctors made it a popular phenomenom and a single book stopped it in an entire country.
>Interwar period: experiments in mainland Europe but numbers stayed low because it was considered a jewish practice
>1945-1985: A popular book called "The fate of the foreskin" published in the UK showed that risks outweighed benefits so this practice fell sharply in the UK and Australia, but stayed high in the US
This is interesting because it shows how single individuals can change course for entire generations of boys. A handful of doctors made it a popular phenomenom and a single book stopped it in an entire country.