I understand that many believe that circumcision is a good thing. I'm not a guy (!) so I can't comment. I'm just saying that a return to old-fashioned values would take away the worries that so many have now. The 60's were very destructive to our culture. Maybe the youth of today can learn to respect their bodies and other 's bodies. Instant gratification has become a way of life here. It's not a good thing. PS-the bulk of the male population in the world is not circumcised. It is just a custom here and a religious requirement in the Jewish faith.
I agree. However male circumcision is under attack, to a large degree because it is a traditional American custom and Jewish requirement, by the PC left, sadly but notably, including the American Academy of Pediatrics. The conventional wisdom in the US, which they attack, had long been that circumcision avoided greatly reduced the rate of a variety of penile problems. My 21 years in Dermatology strongly supports the old conventional wisdom and most my colleagues agree with it. As most of these problems would occur in adults I question whether the pediatricians have much experience on the subject. And if circumcision caused all the terrible permanent problems that they claimed then I should have incidentally seen some of such scarring when examining countless patients for unrelated problems in the area. Instead my experience with circumcision complications has been the proverbial dog that didn't bark. The new data that it significantly reduces HIV just adds to my belief that circumcision is another bit of traditional Americana that should be encouraged.
Muslims also believe that male circumcision is a religious requirement. Most of the men in the world who were circumcised as a child were circumcised because their parents are Muslim.