Assertion: circumcision | /r/HasProperty | practiced for religious reasons
Facets:
value: as a mark of slavery
type: PURPOSE
value: as a punitive measure
type: PURPOSE
value: as a puberty or premarital rite
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Theories suggest that circumcision was practiced for religious reasons, as a punitive measure, as a puberty or premarital rite, as an absolution against the feared toxic influences of vaginal (hymenal) blood, and as a mark of slavery.