There was a time in western culture when the only circumcisions were done for religious purposes, according to an article in the Journal of Social History. The surgical procedure became more common in ...

After US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White accused his host country of antisemitism over its laws regulating circumcision, the Belgian government found itself embroiled in a very public argument. White ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...