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==What is the real norm?== | ==What is the real norm?== | ||
In actuality, almost every male infant throughout the world is born with a [[foreskin]]. There is a very rare birth defect called ''[[aposthia]]'' in which the foreskin does not develop normally. | In actuality, almost every male infant throughout the world is born with a [[foreskin]]. (There is a very rare birth defect called ''[[aposthia]]'' in which the foreskin does not develop normally.) | ||
[[Charles Darwin]] established that evolution occurs because of "natural selection".<ref>{{REFbook | [[Charles Darwin]] established that evolution occurs because of "natural selection".<ref>{{REFbook | ||
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}}</ref> A majority of males in the [[United States]] and [[Israel]] are [[circumcised]], so these 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. | }}</ref> A majority of males in the [[United States]] and [[Israel]] are [[circumcised]], so these 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. | ||
==Health and well-being== | ==Health and well-being== | ||
The American public has been lied to about the alleged advantages of [[circumcision]] by the [[circumcision industry]] for well over a century.<ref name="garrett2023-11-10">{{REFweb | The American public has been lied to about the alleged advantages of [[circumcision]] by the [[circumcision industry]] for well over a century.<ref name="garrett2023-11-10">{{REFweb | ||