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→The royal family and circumcision
Although this long standing legend cannot be proved to be true, it was generally believed to be true. It is probable therefore, that many parents had their sons circumcised because the royal family was believed to do it.
==Twentieth century==
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson opened the twentieth century with yet another article to advocate male circumcision as a way to decrease the pleasure of sex, and hence to discourage sexual immorality.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Hutchinson
|first=Johnathan
|init=J
|title=The advantages of circumcision
|journal=The Polyclinic
|date=1900-09
|volume=3
|issue=9
|pages=129-131
|url=
|quote=
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|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|accessdate=2021-09-04
}}</ref>