Assertion: circumcision | /r/CapableOf | begin as way
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text: One theory postulates that circumcision began as a way of "purifying" individuals and society by reducing sexuality and sexual pleasure.
text: It is important to note that most of their claims are unscientific, ahistorical, or both (there is certainly no evidence that circumcision began as a way to prevent masturbation; their claim that circumcised men have inferior sexual sensation has never been substantiated; their equating female genital mutilation to circumcision betrays poor understanding of anatomy; their insistence that all studies showing the benefits of circumcision are flawed or restricted to Africa is patently false).