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Although Guttmacher was probably [[circumcised]] on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], and would have no personal experience of a [[foreskin]], he claimed expert knowledge. As a circumcised doctor, one would expect him to be biased in favor of [[circumcision]]. | Although Guttmacher was probably [[circumcised]] on the eighth day of life in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], and would have no personal experience of a [[foreskin]], he claimed expert knowledge. As a [[circumcised]] doctor, one would expect him to be biased in favor of [[circumcision]]. | ||
In 1941, Guttmacher erronously claimed | In 1941, Guttmacher erronously claimed the presence of a [[foreskin]] would cause dirt to collect under the [[Foreskin#Foreskin_in_infancy_and_childhood| foreskin in newborns]]. He spread the false claim that a baby's foreskin must be forcibly retracted and scrubbed daily which is basically impossible without violence due to the [[synechia]] which adheres the foreskin to the [[glans]]. He promoted mass [[circumcision]] as a means of blunting male [[Foreskin sensitivity| sexual sensitivity]].<ref name="Guttmacher1941">{{REFjournal | ||
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* [[Bias]] | * [[Bias]] | ||
* [[Circumcised doctors]] | * [[Circumcised doctors]] | ||
* [[United States of America]] | |||
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