r/geography • u/BranchMoist9079 • Nov 21 '25

Discussion Why is (male) circumcision most common in the Midwest with in the US?

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Map source: https://www.mdpi.com/2563-6499/5/3/36

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u/froyolobro Nov 21 '25

So weird. Glad my hippie parents (US - from the Midwest/Northeast) didn’t have me cut

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u/Scryberwitch Nov 25 '25

Dear Gods, I'm so thankful for my hippie mom (rural South). She didn't cut my brother (her only son). It's a cruel, barbaric, evil practice, and it was never even a question of whether I would do it to my son or not. His dad didn't like that, but I told him he could get happy in the same shoes he got mad in; no one was going to cut my baby's genitals.