Procedures are performed anywhere from immediately after birth to adulthood. The social pressure on people can even convince grown adults to go through these practices and hide their dissatisfaction with the choice. For some, the specific age is a religious directive. For some, it’s a rite of adulthood. For some, it’s a concern about the psychological impacts (do it before they are old enough to remember). There may be physical development of the genitalia that is taken into account.
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