Assertion: circumcision | /r/HasProperty | practiced
Facets:
value: rarely
type: DEGREE
value: widely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: When was circumcision first practiced?
text: Øster's observations83 for older boys in a Danish population, where circumcision is rarely practised, showed that non-retractability is found in 8% of 6-7 year-olds, in 6% between 8 and 11 years, 3% at 12-13, and only 1% at age 14-17.
text: We may safely say, however, that up to our time the monuments of antiquity furnish no conclusive proof that circumcision was practiced anywhere prior to the Biblical date, at which God made it “a sign of the covenant” between Himself and Abraham (Gen., xvii, 11).
text: It is worth noting that there is evidence to suggest that certain male health issues are less prevalent in communities where circumcision is widely practiced, and circumcision also appears to have benefits for the wives.
text: So why is circumcision practiced?
text: Circumcision should always be practised.