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The '''United States of America''' are also known as the '''United States''' or simply '''America''' or by initialism such as '''USA''' or '''US''' or '''U.S.A.''' or '''U.S.''' (Please note that ''America'' also is the name of two geological continents: ''North America'' and ''South America'' which include many more countries than just the ''United States of America'' which are the topic of this article. See also: [[:Category:Americas]].)
America is predominantly an English-speaking nation. As in other English-speaking nations, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys was popularized in the late nineteenth century. Due to the rates of infant circumcision that formery formerly approached 90 percent, the vast majority of [[Circumcised doctors| male doctors were neonatally circumcised]] and have no real knowledge of a normal body part.Such doctors frequently give poor advice to parents on the care of the [[intact]] [[penis]]. They are also much more likely to injure [[intact]] boys during office visits by premature forcible foreskin retraction (PFFR).<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Narvaez |first=Darcia |init= |author-link= |last2=Geisheker |init2=John |author2-link=John V. Geisheker |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes/201110/what-is-the-greatest-danger-uncircumcised-boy |title=What Is the Greatest Danger for an Uncircumcised Boy? |journal=Psychology Today |date=2011-10-23 |volume= |issue= |pages= |accessdate=2021-10-31}}</ref>
The United States is unique in having a medical industry that aggressively promotes the practice of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]]. The decline of the unnecessary practice has been slowed by continual encouragement and promotion of circumcision by the medical industry. However, the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is now in decline.