# percentage of circumsicion **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2001, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605 "2001-07-24T07:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zerohero121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6a8cbe/32.png) [@zerohero121](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zerohero121)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/1 "2001-07-24T07:48:40Z")
How many people in the world are circumcised opposed to those aren’t? Wondering because I am and my friend wasn’t and it go us curious. Not in the curious that we asked to see each other’s but curious on the info. thanks ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/2 "2001-07-24T08:18:51Z")
It’s really amazing what you can find by doing a Google search. Here’s what [salon.com](http://www.salon.com/april97/news/news2970403.html) says about circumcision in the U.S. > [@](#): > > Elevation of sexual interest among circumcised white men is a definite pattern, but this is not the case among Hispanics and blacks. One argument is that most white men – 80 percent – are circumcised, whereas in the black population those numbers are 60 percent and in the Hispanic community it is closer to half. According to [this site](http://www.uic.edu/depts/spha/about/healthpr/healthpro99/HP15.htm) the worldwide percentage is about 25 percent. ---
**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/3 "2001-07-24T08:26:16Z")
When spelled right Google presents this site [http://www.circumcision.org/info.htm](http://www.circumcision.org/info.htm) and the following information: Worldwide prevalence: The U.S. is the only country in the world that routinely circumcises most of its male infants for non-religious reasons. Over 80% of the world’s males are intact (\*). I have been amazed how common this practice is in the USA and recently some Finnish women magazines have published articles how sex life can be improved if a man has been circumcised. Based on a fact that a man is less sensitive and therefore can last longer… ---
**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/4 "2001-07-24T08:47:49Z")
[Jack, Jack?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47631) ---
**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/5 "2001-07-24T10:58:36Z")
I swear to GOD, I just recovered from reading ALL of **JDT** ’s threads over the last four days. **zero** , if you click on the link provided by **Gaspode** , who may or may not be a Nazi, depending upon whom you believe, you will learn enough about circumcision to make your ears bleed and your toes explode. ---
**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/6 "2001-07-24T11:11:49Z")
> [@](#): > > who may or may not be a Nazi I thought the gayest brother **Esprix** was the only possible Nazi. 😕 > [@](#): > > I swear to GOD, I just recovered from reading ALL of JDT’s threads over the last four days. All of JDT in four days and doing battle with ScOo\_bOy. :eek: **Farmer** are you sure you shouldn’t be recuperating somewhere with a bottle of Prozac? (Sorry about the hijack but the OP appears to have been answered.) ---
**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/7 "2001-07-24T11:25:23Z")
Well, **Gaspode** , I never saw the original posts (linky linky?) but [Pyrrho12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78906) started this thread, and your name is associated with the gayest brother **Esprix** in a Nazi context. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/8 "2001-07-24T11:26:48Z")
Oops… forgot to mention… slapping down **ScumBoy** doesn’t exactly require a whole lot of effort. I had plenty of time to educate myself about the Foreskin Messiah. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-circumsicion/73605/9 "2001-07-24T15:58:29Z")
2 to 5 percent. Oh, I thought you meant “how much is circumcized”. 😉