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}}</ref> Such circumcised fathers are driven to repeat the trauma of their own circumcision decades ago on their own son even acting contrary to current medical advice.<ref name="goldman1999" />
However Goldman pointed out several reasons (from the viewpoint of the child) that a father should not insist on circumcising a boy:
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# A circumcised boy who matches others may nevertheless have negative feelings about being circumcised. These feelings can last for a lifetime
# It is not possible to predict before circumcision how a boy will feel about it later.
# Even though intact men are in the minority in the USA, there is no evidence that many of them are dissatisfied with being intact.
# An intact male who is unhappy about it can choose to be circumcised, but this is rarely done. The estimated rate of adult circumcision in the USA is 3 in 1000.
# An intact male who is unhappy about his status may feel different after learning more about circumcision and the important functions of the foreskin.
# The social factor is much less of an issue for boys born in the USA today because of the lower circumcision rate (60% nationally, under 40% in some states.<ref name="goldman1999" />
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===Circumcised medical doctors===
Most male doctors in the United States are men who were circumcsed as infants. Consequently, despite being medical doctors they have no personal knowledge of the human foreskin. These men share the trauma and attitudes of other circumcised men and are just as likely to want to repeat the trauma. LeBourdais (1995) pointed out that the "age of the attending physician, sex and circumcision status" were important factors in determining the likelyhood of a baby boy being circumcised.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|first=Eleanor
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|title= Circumcision no longer a "routine" surgical procedure
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|journal=Canad Med Assoc J
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|date=1995-06-01
|volume=152
|issue=11
|pages=1873-6.
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1337997/pdf/cmaj00071-0145.pdf
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|accessdate=2019-12-09
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