Discussion addresses how circumcision status may influence social class in America, suggesting potential societal implications.
In Reply.— Dr Neiberger's concern that circumcision status will divide the men of this nation into two classes seems somewhat exaggerated. The AAP Task Force was concerned with the medical risks and benefits of routine neonatal circumcision and came out recently with a rather balanced and nondirective report on the subject. In any event, it is difficult for me to understand how social engineering would be accomplished on the basis of circumcision status. Patterns of dress, use of language, and [alas] religion and race have long been used to define and separate people in many societies.
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Ronald L. Poland (1990) studied this question.
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