Living with a foreskin in circumcised America: Difference between revisions

'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a review of the experiences of [[foreskinned]] guys with a [[penis]] with an [[intact]] [[foreskin]] in the [[United States]], where the [[circumcised]] guy has been the norm.

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 [[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.

In reality, [[foreskinned]] American males may expect to enjoy higher levels of health and well-being than [[circumcised]] American males.<ref name="bollinger2025-08">{{REFdocument

}}</ref> The [[foreskinned]] male may expect to enjoy [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| normal, natural sexual function]] and freedom from [[Psychological issues of male circumcision| circumcision related psychological issues]]. Many [[foreskinned]] males derive comfort and pleasure from touching their [[foreskin]] in a gentle, non-sexual way, which is distinguished from [[masturbation]] because [[erection]] and/or [[ejaculation]] is not the goal.

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>

Peter Moore (2015) reported that 62 percent of all American males reported being [[circumcised]],<ref name="moore2015">{{REFweb

}}</ref> which increases the prevalence of [[intact]] [[foreskin]] to 38 percent of living American males of all ages. This percentage is expected to gradually but constantly decline, while the percentage of males who are [[intact]] due to the declining incidence of newborn boys receiving medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is expected to increase. The percentage of males with [[intact]] [[foreskin]] is lowest with senior citizens and highest in the youngest age groups.

}}</ref> The incidence of [[circumcisio]]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 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

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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 if one visits a urologist for any reason. Your friendly urologist will be happy to do a circumcision 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 decision.

Nature designs the foreskins of boys so that they will stay in position where its [[immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] can be effective. Your infant son's [[foreskin]] may not retract for many years, perhaps not until after puberty, so no attempt should be made to retract it. Wash the outside of his [[foreskin]] like washing a finger.<ref>{{REFweb

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The percentage of boys in the [[United States]] who keep their [[foreskin]] has been very gradually increasing since 1965.<ref name="jacobson2021">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> Although very unequally distributed geographically, the overall percentage of [[foreskinned]] newborn, infants, and toddlers is now about 50-50. 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]].

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* [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin]]

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