• yogurt@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Best theory I’ve seen is undeveloped foreskin is a birth defect that is a lot more common with inbreeding. Ancient Egypt started doing circumcision in the upper class at a time when their royals were very inbred, so it’s like how Europeans all started wearing wigs because France had a bald king.

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      8 hours ago

      Interesting. Thanks. It seems we’re still doing this today as well with our ruling class and catering to their insecurities.