Circumcision

Circumcision is an operation in which the foreskin is removed. In common speech, someone who has been circumcised is described as cut while someone who is not is described as uncut. For example, one teenaged boy might ask another teenaged boy, "Are you cut?" While this is slang English, it is not considered profanity.

Circumcision may be done by a doctor using a surgical tool, such as scissors, a plastic tool called a plastibell device, or it may be done with a laser. If the doctor uses a laser there is almost no bleeding.

Circumcision may be a religious ritual, a custom in certain tribes or countries, or a medical practice. The rates differs from country to country.^[1]

1. ↑ Morris, Brian J.; Wamai, Richard G.; Henebeng, Esther B.; Tobian, Aaron AR; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Banerjee, Joya; Hankins, Catherine A. (2016). "Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision". Population Health Metrics. 14: 4. doi:10.1186/s12963-016-0073-5. ISSN 1478-7954. PMC 4772313. PMID 26933388.