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In the long history of genital mutilation aka [[foreskin]] [[amputation]] aka [[circumcision]], there have been many alleged reasons why this should be a ''medical procedure''. Please note that some of the alleged medical reasons are rather pseudo-hygienical reasons which should never be solved by cutting off intact body parts.
In the long history of genital mutilation aka [[foreskin]] [[amputation]] aka [[circumcision]], there have been many false alleged reasons why this should be a ''medical procedure''. Please note that some of the alleged medical reasons are rather pseudo-hygienical reasons which should never be solved by cutting off [[intact]] body parts.


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* Paralysis of the bladder - 1875: [[Lewis Albert Sayre|Lewis A. Sayre]]<ref name="Sayre1875"/>
* Paralysis of the bladder - 1875: [[Lewis Albert Sayre|Lewis A. Sayre]]<ref name="Sayre1875"/>


In 1958, [[Christine F. McDonald]] said "the same reasons that apply for the circumcision of males are generally valid when considered for the female."<ref name="McDonald1958">{{McDonald1958}}</ref>
In 1958, [[Christine F. McDonald]] said "the same reasons that apply for the [[circumcision]] of males are generally valid when considered for the female."<ref name="McDonald1958">{{McDonald1958}}</ref>


In 1966, Masters and Johnson erroneous claim that there is no difference in sensitivity between penises with and without foreskin.
In 1966, Masters and Johnson erroneous claim that there is no difference in sensitivity between penises with and without [[foreskin]].
: ({{NOTE}} Their work helps propagate the medical dogma that circumcision has no effect on sexuality go practically unquestioned for nearly the next four decades.)<ref name="MastersJohnson1966">{{REFbook
: ({{NOTE}} Their work helps propagate the medical dogma that circumcision has no effect on sexuality go practically unquestioned for nearly the next four decades.)<ref name="MastersJohnson1966">{{REFbook
  |last=Masters & Johnson
  |last=Masters & Johnson
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* Abdominal neuralgia - 1879: [[H. H. Kane]]<ref name="Kane1879">{{Kane1879}}</ref>
* Abdominal neuralgia - 1879: [[H. H. Kane]]<ref name="Kane1879">{{Kane1879}}</ref>
* Bed wetting - 1873: [[Joseph Bell]]<ref name="Bell1873">{{Bell1873}}</ref>, 1930: [[Norton Henry Bare]]<ref name="Bare1930">{{Bare1930}}</ref>
* Bed wetting - 1873: [[Joseph Bell]]<ref name="Bell1873">{{Bell1873}}</ref>, 1930: [[Norton Henry Bare]]<ref name="Bare1930">{{Bare1930}}</ref>
* Blindness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890">{{REFjournal
* Blindness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890">{{Gentry1890}}</ref>
|last=Gentry
|first=William D.
|init=WD
|author-link=William D. Gentry
|title=Nervous derangements produced by sexual irregularities in boys
|journal=Medical Current
|date=1890-07
|volume=6
|issue=7
|pages=268-274
}}</ref>
* Deafness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890"/>
* Deafness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890"/>
* Dumbness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890"/>
* Dumbness - 1890: [[William D. Gentry]]<ref name="Gentry1890"/>
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* [[Masturbation]] (newborns) - 1953: [[Richard L. Miller]] and [[Donald C. Snyder]]<ref name="MillerSnyder1953"/>
* [[Masturbation]] (newborns) - 1953: [[Richard L. Miller]] and [[Donald C. Snyder]]<ref name="MillerSnyder1953"/>
* Neuroses (females) - 1915: [[Benjamin E. Dawson]]<ref name="Dawson1915"/>
* Neuroses (females) - 1915: [[Benjamin E. Dawson]]<ref name="Dawson1915"/>
* Nocturnal seminal emissions (i.e. wet dreams) - 1836: [[Claude François Lallemand]]<ref name="Lallemand">{{Lallemand1836}}</ref>, 1879: [[H.H. Kane]]<ref name="Kane1879"/>
* Nocturnal seminal emissions (i.e. wet dreams) - 1836: [[Claude François Lallemand]]<ref name="Lallemand">{{Lallemand1836}}</ref>, 1879: [[H. H. Kane]]<ref name="Kane1879"/>
* Rectal incontinence - 1894: [[H. L. Rosenberry]]<ref name="Rosenberry1894">{{Rosenberry1894}}</ref>
* Rectal incontinence - 1894: [[H. L. Rosenberry]]<ref name="Rosenberry1894">{{Rosenberry1894}}</ref>
* Sensitiveness of the organ - 1901: [[Ernest G. Mark]]<ref name="Mark1901"/>
* Sensitiveness of the organ - 1901: [[Ernest G. Mark]]<ref name="Mark1901"/>
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