Is circumcision less popular in Europe than America?

Question

Percentages? Serious question about culture.

Answer 1

Bellend.

Answer 2

Yes.

80% of Europeans are uncircumcised, whereas 80% of Americans are circumcised.

Its also unpopular in South & Central America, Oceania and Asia.

Answer 3

Yes, I'm not sure why though.

All British actors I've seen are uncircumsized.

Answer 4

I'll put it like this, I've dated 4 guys in my adult life. Both Americans I dated were circumcised, and both Brits (including my current boyfriend) are uncircumcised. Circumcision is definetely a cultural thing depending on where you are from.  

Answer 5

Definitely. Circumcision is almost never practised in Europe except for religious reasons (Jews/Muslims) or medical reasons (very rare though because they use it as a last resort).

It is still common in the USA for reasons of tradition and culture. There are actually no medical reasons to do it. And obviously the guys in countries like UK etc aren't having major f******n problems. It's not done to babies in Canada, Australia or New Zealand either. The USA is slowly catching up. Only 50% of babies are circumcised now.

Harriet

Answer 6

Basically, routine circumcision is unheard of in Europe. The only circumcisions carried out in Europe are religious and probably account for just under 20%.

It was carried out in Britain for a while, but quickly disappeared. Checked the attached link to read about the history, it has mention of how/when it disappeared in Britain.

Answer 7

Hardly anyone in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Germany or Italy is circumcised. Of those that are, they are usually Jewish or Muslim (but that makes up only a small minority). I've lived in England for a while and I still haven't met a guy who was circumcised.

It became popular in the US as a means of preventing masturbation in the 1800's. Now it's basically asthetic and people do it because they think it looks better. A lot of Americans also think that circumcision makes it cleaner or healthier, but the rest of the world pretty much dismisses that as ignorance.

Answer 8

Yes.

Europe has never really circumcised - except Britain who circumcised about 20-30% of boys until it was stopped in the 1950's.  In most of Europe the rate is under 5% - it is mostly just Jews and Muslims that circumcise.

In America it wasn't popular until it started to be used to prevent masturbation:

Why Americans started circumcising: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X09jPPeog...

Answer 9

Yes, circumcision was only popular amongst a small section of the upper and middle classes from the 1930s through to the end of the 60s. After that it fell out of favour and now it is only done for religious reasons or as a last resort treatment. This has always been the situation in continental Europe and Britain has now fallen into step. Circumcised guys are looked on as mutilated by most Europeans. In other western countries the rate has also plummeted because doctors no longer recommend it and usually actively discourage it.

For some strange reason circumcision is so entrenched in US culture that it has held on longer than elsewhere but even there the rate is falling and is now round 50%.