The Real Reason You're Circumcised - Adam Ruins Everything

If You're Not Jewish, and You're Circumcised, You Need to Watch This Video.

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cast
Adam - Adam Conover
Murph - Brian Murphy
Emily - Emily Axford
Female Grip - Stevie Nelson
Female DP - Shannon Joy Rodgers
Teamster Bert - George Basil
Murph's Mom - Hannah Utt
Murph's Dad - Adam Lustick
Doctor - Ryan Gowland
Male Patient - Michael Cassady
John Kellogg - Dave Theune
Female Patient - Michele Santoro
crew
Director - Paul Briganti
Writer - Adam Conover
Brian Murphy
Producer - Jon Wolf
Cinematography - Matt Garrett
Editor - James Fitzpatrick
President of Original Content - Sam Reich
Vice President of Production / Executive Producer - Spencer Griffin
Director of Production - Sam Sparks
Director of Post Production - Michael Schaubach
Assistant Production Manager - Sam Kirkpatrick
Art Director - Caitlin Williams
Hair and Makeup - Nikki Marrone
Hair and Makeup Assistant - Kathleen Pardo
Script Supervisor - Jillian Terwedo
Production Coordinator - Michele Santoro
Sound Mixer - Stephen Harrod
1st Assistant Camera - Cate Smierciak
2nd AC/DIT - Jen O'Leary
Gaffer - Zack Savitz
Key Grip - Adam Goral
Best Boy Electric - Chris Faulkner
Best Boy Grip - J.D. Ramage
Wardrobe - Patrick Glendening
Post Production Supervisor - Evan Watkins
Post Production Coordinator - Andrew Mallonee
Head Assistant Editor - Phil Fox
Production Legal - Karen Segall
Production Accountant - Christine Rodriguez
Production Assistant - Devin Hassan
Intern - Julia Bales
Katie Marovitch
Scott Gallopo
Source - John Harvey Kellogg: Plain Facts for Old and Young
History of Male Circumcision - Wikipedia
A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Cir
The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present, by Peter L. Allen

[MUSIC]

Oh, yeah.

Give it to me.

Give it to me.

Oh.

[MUSIC]

>> Hi there.

>> [SOUND]
>> Oh, I see you're circumcised, but wait,

you're not Jewish or Muslim.

So that's kind of strange,
don't you think?

>> What, no, it's normal.

What?
>> Actually, it's not.

Hi.

I'm Adam Conover.

>> I remember you.

>> Hi Adam.
>> And apart from those two religions, and

a few African tribes, America is actually
one of the only countries that practices

circumcision, yet
most of us don't even know why we do it.

Would you like to?

>> Not right now, man.

>> Oh, just get it over with.

>> To learn more, let's go back in
time to the day you were circumcised.

>> God, no.

>> [MUSIC]

By the time your tip got snipped,
circumcision had been a tradition for

generations.

>> Would you like to circumcise Brian?

>> Yeah!
I guess.

I mean, his should look like mine, right?

>> Okie Doke!

>> No!

>> But the source of that
tradition is real weird.

>> His should look like mine, right?

>> His should look like mine, right?

>> Yep, better cut him.

I reckon it'll stop him from masturbating.

>> What?

>> Yep.

The religious circumcision's been
practiced in the Middle East for

millennia, no one did it in
the west unless the sex phobic

days of the late 19th century,
when puritanical doctors

promoted it as a way to stop your kids
from committing their favorite sin.

>> Observe, the Vile Masturbator,

the sallow complexion,
the rotten teeth, and the open sores.

>> Actually, I think I have syphilis.

>> Syphilis, caused by masturbation.

>> One prominent advocate
of dick docking was, and

I'm not making this up, John Harvey
Kellogg, the inventor of cornflakes.

>> My cure is two-fold.

A diet rich in flaked corn.

>> Mm.

>> And cutting off part of the penis.

>> Victorian prudes like Kellogg
just straight up hated sex, and

thought that by pruning your peter,
they could make it less pleasurable,

taming your base, lustful instincts.

And you don't even wanna know what
they thought you should do to women.

>> Just apply a little carbolic acid

to the clitoris
>> Yikes!

Thank God that one didn't catch on.

>> [SOUND] All right everyone,
lets take a five.

>> This is stupid.

Being circumcised doesn't
stop me from masturbating.

>> Yeah, I know that's why it's so
weird we still do it.

>> But, isn't it cleaner or something?

>> No, maybe in biblical times
it helped to prevent infection,

but nowadays you can
just wash your dingus.

Circumcision has been found to somewhat
reduce the risk of HIV transmission,

but so do condoms, and they don't
require you to chop your dick off.

>> Okay, but foreskins are useless.

>> Actually Brian, the foreskin
plays an important role in sex.

It's a natural lubricant,
contains millions of nerve endings, and

it protects the glans
from being desensitized.

>> Thanks Bert.

>> You got it bud.

But if you're uncircumcised,
girls will think your dick looks weird.

>> Oh, that's an interesting theory.

Let's test it.

Does this dick look weird?

>> Yep.

>> All right.
Does this dick look weird?

>> Yep.

>> And does this dick look weird?

>> Yeah.

>> All dicks look weird.

>> Thanks, man.

>> Look,
if you like being circumcised, fine.

There's no harm in it but
there's also no benefit to it.

And the only reason you're
circumcised is because the 19th

century prude who invented Corn Flakes
was trying to ruin your sex life.

>> Oh well that didn't take long.

Pick up where we left off.

I'm not really in the mood anymore.

>> Sounds like you won.

Join me next time on
Adam Ruins Everything,

when I'll be talking about how what
you think are your cherished childhood

memories are just fictional
simulations created by your brain.

>> Get out.

Please get out.

>> Hey guys, thanks for watching.

>> Please get out.

>> If you liked that video
click me to subscribe.

>> Get out, get out.

>> You know what?

Why don't you just do it.

>> Yeah, mess him up.

>> Hit me, that'll get me to stop.

>> I know, I know.

>> You can't do it.

>> I never played baseball before.

>> Click on him and he might do it.

No, he won't.