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}}</ref> There are many issues with this statement:
* This statement misleadingly uses the word "potential" to suggest the existence of "benefits" that don't actually exist except in someone's imagination. ''Potential'' means to exist in possibility but not in actuality.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/potential |title=potential |last= |first= |init= |publisher=The Free Dictonary by Farlex |date=2013 |accessdate=2023-04-13}}</ref>
* This statement claims that non-therapeutic circumcision is safe "when performed by an experienced operator", however infant circumcision is frequently assigned to the most junior and least-experienced operator.
* This statement claims that circumcision prevents [[phimosis]] and [[paraphimosis]], however these are normal developmental conditions and not diseases.