Assertion: circumcision | /r/CapableOf | prevent masturbation
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text: As can be seen, he was also a convert to the idea that circumcision would prevent masturbation, a great Victorian concern.
text: It's included for historical purposes, as one of the main "reasons" behind the push for widespread routine infant circumcision in America was the idea that circumcision would prevent or reduce masturbation, which was seen by those pushing this as dirty and/or sinful.
text: Circumcision started in the US for various medical reasons and to prevent masturbation... yet, all of those previous reasons to do it have been disproved.