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At the same time circumcisions were advocated on men, clitoridectomies (removal of the clitoris) were also performed for the same reason (to treat female masturbators). The US "Orificial Surgery Society" for female "circumcision" operated until 1925, and clitoridectomies and infibulations would continue to be advocated by some through the 1930s. As late as 1936, L. E. Holt, an author of pediatric textbooks, advocated male and female circumcision as a treatment for masturbation.<ref name=Paige78>{{REFjournal
| last=Paige | first=K.E. | coauthors= | date=May 1978 | title=The Ritual of Circumcision | journal=Human Nature | volume= | issue= | pages=40–8 | url=http://www.noharmm.org/paige.htm | quote= | accessdate=
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