Living with a foreskin in circumcised America: Difference between revisions

}}</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

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> Yang et al. (2025) report that there is now a majority of [[intact]] boys in the newborn age group.<ref name="yang2025">{{REFjournal

|title=Trends in Circumcision Among Newborn Males in the US

|url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2838312

|DOI=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.2464

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

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, Yang et al. (2025) report that in the newborn age group, [[intact]] boys are now in the majority.<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. If it has not already happened, being [[foreskinned]] is expected to become the norm in the [[United States]].

Tugging for pleasure is said to be a common practice with [[intact]] American men.<ref>{{REFweb

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