Frankly I'm more surprised that she was shocked to learn that. It's not even done to all American boys. I remember as a kid seeing some really little kid running around naked at the pool and laughing at him with a friend who pointed and yelled "that kid's not circumcised". Then I asked my mother what that means and she explained and said some parents get it done to their babies and some don't. End of lesson. Does this kind of experience not happen to all kids growing up? There's even a Seinfeld episode about cut vs. uncut guys. How did Candace grow up not knowing this? Maybe it's a guy thing.