Zombie thread Public service award is in order to the forum host? US circumcision rates plummeted after insurance quit covering it as medically necessary in the ‘90s as a cost saving measure for them at the same time as health insured percentages lowered. When surgical trays shot up past $1K that practice became less important and rates dropped as the locker room became more egalitarian and less embarrassing. FWIW when loincloths, multiple partners and lack of water/sanitation reigned supreme, perhaps this widespread practice made sense. Not to mention religious segregation. In the current unrelated spotlight of children's genitalia and spiraling costs, much higher than a mohel, it seems the norms are shifting.
