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Title: Theory explains why 25 percent of cultures cut male genitals
Post by: Natasha on March 08, 2008, 02:04:16 AM
Theory explains why 25 percent of cultures cut male genitals

http://www.physorg.com/news124120381.html
03/07/2008

"Almost 25 percent of indigenous societies practice some form of male genital cutting, ranging from circumcision to the ritual removal of a testicle. The reason, reports a Cornell scientist, may be to reduce pregnancies from extramarital sex. More subtly, it could be to reduce conflict among men."