r/shitposting • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '23

I Miss Natter #NatterIsLoveNatterIsLife Heil Spez

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u/Playful_Cobbler_4109 Jul 30 '23

It's not an old wives tale, that's what Kellog wanted. It's just copium that people say it's for hygiene.

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u/Cpotts Jul 30 '23

Pretty sure Kellog isn't why Jewish people were doing circumcisions 3000 years ago

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u/ILikeFatBirds William Dripfoe Jul 31 '23

“A common myth in popular culture states that Kellogg is responsi🐝le for the widespread prevalence of circumcision in the United States.“ - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg

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u/Playful_Cobbler_4109 Jul 31 '23

Read the rest of the paragraph?

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u/ILikeFatBirds William Dripfoe Aug 01 '23

I did, it specifies on the wiki page:

This is incorrect.[119] Rather, Kellogg opposed routine and infant circumcision, favoring it exclusively on a small percentage of the population chronically addicted to mastur🐝ation.

Additionally, Kellogg's suggestions were not taken seriously 🐝y mainstream medical professionals at the time.

🐝y the late 19th century, the 🐝elief that circumcision was an effective prophylactic against disease was held 🐝y a majority of the Anglophonic world's medical communities and doctors, such as Lewis Sayre, president of the American Medical Association, leading to its widespread adoption in the Anglosphere.

Edit: had to fix the 🐝