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Foreskinned guys frequently went to a school where they were the only [[foreskinned]] boy. The presence or absence of the [[foreskin]] is a big issue in [[puberty]].<ref name="allan2023">{{REFjournal

Although all 100 percent of males are born with a [[foreskin]], The the [[World Health Organization]] estimated that about 70 percent of living males are [[intact]] and only about 30 percent are [[circumcised]]. The great majority of the [[circumcised]] men are found in the Muslim nations, stretching from Nigeria in the west to Indonesia in the east.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> A majority of males in the [[United States]] and [[Israel]] are [[circumcised]], so these two nations are outliers. The [[foreskinned]] males are in the true majority world-wide and constitute the real norm, however the [[United States ]] does not follow the norm.

Claims of increased [[infection]] in [[foreskinned]] men are myths started by the [[circumcision industry]].<ref name="garrett2023-11-10" /> The foreskin actually protects against infection.<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> Fendereski et al. (2024) reported a massive study using data from a private insurance company database that found that [[circumcised]] boys have three times as many penile issues as compared with [[intact]] boys through age 5.<ref name=fendereski2024">{{REFjournal |last=Fendereski |first= |init=K |author-link= |last2=Horns |first2= |init2=JJ |author2-link= |last3=Driggs |first3= |init3=N |author3-link= |last4=Lau |first4= |init4=G |author4-link= |last5=Shaeffer |first5= |init5=AJ |author5-link= |etal=no |title=Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Pediatr Surg |date=2024-11 |volume=59 |issue=11 |article=161614 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002234682400407X |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=39084960 |pubmedCID=11486584 |DOI=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.06.022 |accessdate=2025-09-24}}</ref>

}}</ref> The incidence of [[circumcisiocircumcision]]n has been declining slowly ever since, which means that one finds more [[intactness]] as age decreases. There also is more [[intactness]] among hispanic males.

Jacobsen et al. (2021) reported significant declines in the incidence of [[circumcision]] with an incidence of only 52.1 percent at the end of the their study period in 2016. The corrolary is a [[foreskinned]] incidence of 47.9 percent among the boys born in 2016. Jacobsen et al. also reported that the incidence of [[intactness]] in the Midwest has increased from 1 boy in 10 (10%) to 1 boy in 4 (25%). The percentage of [[foreskinned]] newborn males increased at a rate of 4/10 of one percent per year during the study period.<ref name="jacobsen2021">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> Yang et al. (2025) report that there is new now a majority of [[intact]] boys in the newborn age group.<ref name="yang2025">{{REFjournal |last=Yang |first= |init=P |author-link= |last2=Zhu |first2= |init2=X |author2-link= |last3=Patel |first3= |init3=EU |author3-link= |last4=Quin |first4= |init4=PC |author4-link= |last5=Grabowski |first5= |init5=MK |author5-link= |last6=Tobian |first6= |init6=AAR |author6-link=Aaron Tobian |etal=no |title=Trends in Circumcision Among Newborn Males in the US |trans-title= |language= |journal=JAMA Pediatrics |location= |date=2025-09-15 |season= |volume= |issue= |article=e252464 |page= |pages= |url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2838312 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=40952753 |pubmedCID=12439174 |DOI=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.2464 |accessdate=2025-09-24}}</ref>

One must exercise extreme caution if one consults a [[urologist]]. [[American urologists and the practice of male circumcision| American urologists]] love foreskins and foreskinned males. Urologists get a substantial fee for [[amputation ]] of a [[foreskin]], so one may expect to get a sales pitch for a circumcision circumci$ion if one visits a urologist for any reason. Your friendly urologist will be happy to do a circumcision circumci$ion for you for any reason or no reason. Make certain that you do your independent research on irreversible [[adult circumcision]] and do not depend on statements from your urologist, which may be [[Bias| biased]] by self-interest. There are plenty of [[regret men]] who did not do their homework and who rue their decisionto submit to circumcision.

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}}</ref> Although very unequally distributed geographically, Yang et al. (2025) report that, in the overall percentage of newborn age group, [[foreskinnedintact]] newborn, infants, and toddlers is boys are now about 50-50in the majority since 2022.<ref name="yang2025"/> As these young boys mature, one can expect to see more [[foreskin| foreskins]], first in schools, and later in the general population. Being [[foreskinned]] is expected to become the <b>NORM</b> in the [[United States]] as it already is in the other English-speaking nations. ==Common practice==[[Foreskin play]] is said to be a common practice with [[intact]] American boys and men.<ref>{{REFjournalREFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1n0cnh2/how_do_you_play_with_your_foreskin_not_sexually/ |title=How do you play with your foreskin? Not sexually, just casually |last=YangAnonymous

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|last2=Zhu |first2= |init2=X |author2-link= |last3=Patel |first3= |init3=EU |author3-link= |last4=Quin |first4= |init4=PC |author4-link= |last5=Grabowski |first5= |init5=MK |author5-link= |last6=Tobian |first6= |init6=AAR |author6-link=Aaron Tobian |etal=no |title=Trends in Circumcision Among Newborn Males in the US |trans-title= |language= |journal=JAMA Pediatrics |locationpublisher=REDDIT |date=2025-09-15 |season= |volume= |issue= |article=e252464 |page= |pages= |url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2838312 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=40952753 |pubmedCID=12439174 |DOI=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.2464 08 |accessdate=2025-0911-1828}}</ref> As these young boys mature, one can expect to see more [[foreskin| foreskins]], first in schools, and later in the general population. If it has not already happened, being [[foreskinned]] is expected to become the norm in the [[United States]].