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Routine infant male circumcision became widespread in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, driven by medical professional advocacy and changing cultural norms; by mid‑20th ...
Circumcision rates in the United States began a marked rise in the mid-to-late 19th century and became widespread by the turn of the 20th century, driven not by longstanding cultural tradition but by ...
Nineteenth‑century medical theories — especially antisepsis/anesthesia that made surgery safer and antimasturbation moral‑medical crusades — were central to turning circumcision from a primarily relig...