History Main / CircumcisionAngst

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

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* On ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'': Bender's antenna has to be snipped so they can get satellite. The entire apartment complex can't get satellite. By the end of the episode, Bender's antenna was reattached, and they moved back in to good old Robot Arms, with Fry still [[HaveAGayOldTime in the closet]].

* Which came first: Circumcision or Circumcision Angst?

* It should be noted that circumcision is performed also for medical reasons (phimosis or frenulum breve).

* The infamous ''VideoGame/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.

** 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/Real Life]] page for more details about it.

* A rare Japanese example: in ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', Panty constantly insults Brief with this.
** Also, Stocking's favorite salty snack is revealed to be made from [[{{Squick}} deep-fried baby foreskins]].
* Also in the manga of ''Manga/BGataHKei''.

** 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 very sloppily. It is far more harmful than male circumcision, as it can cause serious health problems, pain, and difficulty with sex and childbirth. See the [[GroinAttack/RealLife Groin Attack/Real Life]] page for more details about it.

** 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 it involves cutting out part of the inside of the female's privates and is often done very poorly. It is far more harmful than male circumcision, as it can cause serious health problems, pain, and difficulty with sex.

* It's interesting to note that the reason circumcision became so popular in America, despite its lack of religious reqirements, due to the efforts of a very vocal and dedicated cabal of [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-meaning]] [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny anti-sexual]] [[MoralGuardians moral crusaders]], who advocated circumcision of both men ''and'' women in an effort to cure the "sin" of masturbation. Through dedicated campaigning and aggressive marketing, it caught on like wildfire, and integrated itself into the secular American culture, with people just accepting it as "the way things are". This may be why the tendency to circumcise eventually began declining in America as well.

* 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.

->''!Just like Abraham did it."''

->"''Just like Abraham did it.''"

** Also, Stocking's favorite salty snack is revealed to be made from [[SquIck deep-fried baby foreskins]].

* Which came first: Circumcision or CircumcisionAngst?

* Subverted in ''SomethingPositive'': Branwen is the one upset about her boyfriend Davan's circumcision, as she worries it means he gets less enjoyment from sex. Davan himself is dismissive. "Just because I don't have an extra flap of skin on my dick doesn't mean I don't like sex."

-->'''Joey:''' "That's... never happened before."
* In an episode of ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' where Arthur is in a Jewish hospital, he tells Carrie to make sure the doctors don't circumcise him (Arthur is played by Jerry Stiller, [[HypocriticalHumor who's himself Jewish]]).

* On ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', they did the FreudWasRight version: Bender's antenna has to be snipped so they can get satellite. The entire apartment complex can't get satellite. By the end of the episode, Bender's antenna was reattached, and they moved back in to good old Robot Arms, with Fry still [[HaveAGayOldTime in the closet]].

* Subverted in ''Film/YTuMamaTambien''. Julio just responds the way some insecure men in RealLife do: He insults Tenoch's sexuality and [[HoYay tells him to blow up the balloon]].

* A CutawayGag from ‘[[Recap/S14E2PapaHasARollinSon Papa Has a Rollin’ Son]]’:

* Inverted in ''[[TheSpaceOdysseySeries 3001: The Final Odyssey]]'', as [[AuthorAppeal circumcision is illegal]]. Subverted by the circumcised 21[[superscript:st]]-century HumanPopsicle Frank Poole, who is a bit peeved when he has to ask a bemused doctor why his one-night stand ran out on him, but declines restorative surgery and later dates more favorably inclined women.

* Parodied by humour columnist DaveBarry.