History Main / CircumcisionAngst

->''"Cause circumcision's a scary word. I looked it up in the dictionary and it just said AAAAAAAHHHH!!!"''

* In the episode "Goy Story" of ''Series/18ToLife'' it's revealed that Ben panicked at the thought of getting circumcised when converting to Judaism, so he lied to his wife Judith and said he went through with it. After she finds out she demands that he get the procedure done and he does at the end of the episode - and faints because of it.

* An episode of ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' had this happen to one of Miranda's boyfriends because she was was [[{{Squick}} squicked]] by the idea of having sex with a man who is not circumcised. The bizarre outcome was that after getting circumcised, he broke up with Miranda because he felt that he had so much to give now sexually that it would be wasteful to limit himself by a steady relationship.

->''"Just like Abraham did it."''
-->-- '''Dr. Gregory House''', ''Series/{{House}}''

This trope has been [[DiscreditedTrope in decline]] in recent years, likely as American circumcision rates are also in decline. If anything, an inverse trope is starting to appear, where men from cultures that do circumcise suddenly find themselves in cultures that don't, and receive the requisite stares from their peers- or are themselves angsting and feeling like they were mutilated.

* Subverted in ''Film/YTuMamaTambien''. Julio just responds to Tenoch's taunt the way some insecure men in RealLife do: He insults Tenoch's sexuality and [[HoYay tells him to blow up the balloon]]. In their case, their different status is one sign of their very different social backgrounds.

* Inverted once more in the film ''Liberty Heights,'' where the boys at a predominately Jewish school are nervous about showering after gym class with the [[TokenMinority newly integrated Black kid]] because of a [[BlackIsBiggerInBed another embarrassing stereotype associated with Black men]]. One of the kids suggests that circumcision somehow affects size.

* ''Series/NipTuck'': Resident psychopath Matt tries to get his dad to cut him in the first episode, and when his dad says no, tries to do it himself with wine and cuticle scissors. It goes ''exactly'' how you think it does.

* A patient on ''Series/{{House}}'' circumcised himself...poorly.

* On ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al Bundy had a quite legitimately angsty incident relating to his circumcision: He was in the hospital for an accident, and his chart called for a "circular incision." [[DeusAngstMachina As Al Bundy's luck would have it, though]], the doctors misread the chart and gave him a circumcision. Naturally, an adult man who gets a circumcision he doesn't want or need (and presumably, he hadn't been circumcised as a baby) will not only be pissed off, but suffer many side effects that give him an objective reason for feeling this way.

* On ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'', Adam explains the origins of the practice (for non-medical and non-religious reasons) in the US [[note]] During the Victorian Era, masturbation was thought to be unhealthy and immoral, so many doctors and even non-doctors popularized circumcision of boys (and, yes, girls too) as a means to curb both the sex drive and the practice of masturbation. Since then, this ideology has ''mostly'' died out, but the practice remains in effect for cosmetic reasons. [[/note]]... and goes on to explain the multitude of reasons that it's unnecessary and impractical, and that being ashamed of either being cut or uncut is also unnecessary.

* Maccabees insisted on a more radical circumcision to prevent Hellenized Jews from regrowing their foreskins.

Subtrope of AppearanceAngst. Sort of the SpearCounterpart to ACupAngst, though the much more common counterpart is [[TeenyWeenie penis size angst.]] Compare AnimalsFearNeutering.

** On the topic of female circumcision, females who have had circumcision definitely have something to angst about. It is also known as [[GroinAttack female genital mutilation]], because the parts that are cut off are a lot more important than foreskin and it often is done [[MeatGrinderSurgery very sloppily]]. It is far more harmful than male circumcision, as it can cause serious health problems, emotional trauma, pain, and [[CantHaveSexEver difficulty with sex]] and childbirth. See the [[GroinAttack/RealLife Groin Attack's real-life]] page for more details about it.

* On ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'', Adam explains the origins of the practice (for non-medical and non-religious reasons) in the US [[note]] During the Victorian Era, [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbation]] was thought to be unhealthy and immoral, so many doctors and even non-doctors popularized circumcision of boys (and, yes, girls too) as a means to curb both the sex drive and the practice of masturbation. Since then, this ideology has ''mostly'' died out, but the practice remains in effect for cosmetic reasons. [[/note]]... and goes on to explain the multitude of reasons that it's unnecessary and impractical, and that being ashamed of either being cut or uncut is also unnecessary.

This trope has been [[DiscreditedTrope in decline]] in recent years, likely as American circumcision rates are also in decline. If anything, an inverse trope is starting to appear, where men from cultures that do circumcise suddenly find themselves in cultures that don't, and receive the requisite stares from their peers.

* On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Kyle angsts about Ike's upcoming circumcision. Due to some miscommunication between the kids and adults, they get the impression that it means they'll chop off his wee-wee. When told that he had the procedure, Kyle denies it fiercely before it's explained that they're not going to cut it off, they're just going to snip it "so that it looks bigger". The boys decide that that's okay, and that they want to be circumcised too.

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Subtrope of AppearanceAngst. Sort of the SpearCounterpart to ACupAngst, though the much more common counterpart is [[TeenyWeenie penis size angst.]]

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': An entire episode revolves around Jerry, George, and Elaine discussing their experiences with uncut penises. The two male leads are (at least partly) Jewish so they know about this. However, it hasn't happened to either of them. Kramer, though, is a anti-circ activist, and tries to scare recent parents with horror stories of what will happen if they do the procedure. He later tries to steal the baby to protect him, and he is later assigned as the baby’s new godfather due to his stark display of concern for the baby.

-->'''Shuki:''' (''Smugly'') The ''[[UsefulNotes/JewishLifeEvents bris]]'' doesn’t hinder my performance.\\

* In [[http://www.mako.co.il/tv-parliament/video/Video-d3650ef65138841006.htm this]] bit from the Israeli comedy series ''The Parliament'', Shauli (the man with the jewfro) has his son Luther, whom he fathered with a woman abroad a long time ago and who managed to find him years later, come over to visit, and when it turns out he needs urgent medical care for his appendicitis, Shauli seizes the opportunity and arranges for him to get his ''bris'' without letting him or his mother know, to avoid Luther going through this. He points out that he wasn’t asked either, and that a ''bris'' is not something you ask consent for, you just go ahead and do it. (The skit is in Hebrew, but the context is fairly obvious, and there’s plenty of English spoken, even if it’s somewhat broken.)

* A CutawayGag from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'''s "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS14E2PapaHasARollinSon Papa Has a Rollin’ Son]]":
-->'''Stewie:''' (''Having just been told he would grow up to be 5’1”'') This is terrible! I can’t be short! I’ll be an [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer outcast]], like [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Rudolph the Uncircumcised Reindeer]].

-->'''Santa:''' Look, Rudolph, it’s not me, all right? It’s Dasher, he’s been complaining, and he is the one who has to look at it all night.
-->'''Rudolph:''' I don’t know. Mrs. Claus says it'll decrease my sensitivity.
-->'''Santa:''' (''Quickly turning from apologetic to irked'') I-I’m sorry, why are you talking to my wife about this?

* The infamous ''Franchise/SilentHill'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7-HrspiKfY circumcision meltdown]] on the series's wiki, wherein an editor devoted large parts of [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 Walter Sullivan's]] page to wildly speculating about how his issues are derived from him being circumcised (they aren't) and railing against circumcision as a whole, as well as the U.S. government. As documented on the episode of ''WebVideo/TalesFromTheInternet'' about the whole debacle, most people agreed with the editor's stance, but disagreed with his use of the Silent Hill Wiki as a platform to post his AuthorTract about such a subject.

* The infamous ''Franchise/SilentHill'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7-HrspiKfY circumcision meltdown]] on the series's wiki, wherein an editor devoted large parts of [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 Walter Sullivan's]] page to wildly speculating about how his issues are derived from him being circumcised (they aren't) and railing against circumcision as a whole, as well as the U.S. government.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': An entire episode revolves around Jerry, George, and Elaine discussing their experiences with uncut penises. The two male leads are (at least partly) Jewish so they know about this. However, it hasn't happened to either of them. Kramer, though, is a radical anti-circ activist, and tries to scare recent parents with horror stories of what will happen if they do the procedure. He later tries to steal the baby to protect him, and he is later assigned as the baby’s new godfather due to his stark display of concern for the baby.

* The author of ''Webcomic/{{Stonetoss}}'' ''hates'' circumcision with a passion and never misses a chance to draw attention to research and documentaries that discredit it.

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* The author of ''Webcomic/{{Stonetoss}}'' ''hates'' circumcision with a passion and never misses a chance to draw attention to research and documentaries that discredit it. The page image is just one example out of many.

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[[caption-width-right:350: My body, her choice. [[note]] [[Webcomic/{{Stonetoss}} Source. [[/note]]]] ]]

* The author of ''Webcomic/{{Stoneoss}}'' ''hates'' circumcision with a passion and never misses a chance to draw attention to research and documentaries that discredit it. The page image is just one example out of many.

* The author of ''Webcomic/StoneToss'' ''hates'' circumcision with a passion and never misses a chance to draw attention to research and documentaries that discredit it.

[[caption-width-right:350: My body, her choice. [[Webcomic/{{Stonetoss}} Source.]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:350: My body, her choice.]]