Ever heard of adult women discussing foreskin issues, or possible circumcision, of their husbands or sons?
When I was about 6, a cousin of mine was diagnosed with phimosis and, after useless and painful attempts at forced retraction of his foreskin, was circumcised. That matter was discussed between his mother and her sister, my own mother, who began to suspect I may have a similar problem. I ended up having to show my wee-wee to my aunt for comparison, and my cousin had to show the post-surgery result to my mother, who had never seen a circumcised penis.
I thought of that as quite uncouth and perhaps unusual.
Later the topic of circumcision came by accident in a discussion with a female friend, who has two daughters so is not directly concerned but said "you know, mothers talk together".
When my American mother in law noticed, during a diaper change, that our son was not circumcised, she questioned my wife about it — according to her it was the "normal thing to do".
Then recently a Zity member, who has untreated phimosis, told me that his wife pressures him to get circumcised and has told her own mother and her sister about the issue, and that both relatives approve the suggested treatment.
So I'm now suspecting my aunt and my mom's actions were not so unusual... Your opinion?