Circumcision remains a most contentious practice since its recorded introduction in Egypt, about 2,400 years ago, and attracts diametrically conflicting positions, between those who eschew the practice, and those who don’t.
The three narratives popularly used to explain circumcision are — medical, religious, and cultural. These are more validators than root causes.
Circumcision debates routinely attract ethno-cultural and political profiling, religious stereo-typing, and notably, instances of intellectual gerrymandering.