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}}</ref> This may have contributed to his being appointed as chairman of the new [[American Academy of Pediatrics ]] (AAP) task force on circumcision. (The AAP is a [[medical trade association ]] which is noted for its [[bias]] in favor of non-therapeutic [[circumcision ]] from which its members hugely [[Financial incentive| profit]].)

In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]],<ref>''American Journal of Diseases in Children'', Vol 141: 128. February 1987</ref> where he pushed for "routine" (meaning without [[medical indication]]), non-therapeutic infant circumcision, but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing circumcision would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that circumcision will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="Slack">{{REFjournal

Schoen appeared in Penn & Teller's show, "Bullshit" for their [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0672524/ circumcision episode]. Penn reported that Schoen said [[circumcised ]] penises smell and look better.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> Schoen later recited some poetry reflective of his belief that the [[circumcised ]] penis is a thing of beauty:

}}</ref> Groups such as the [[Gilgal Society]] openly admit to a morbid fascination with [[circumcision ]] to the point of sado-masochistic fetish. These groups advertise that doctors are among their members. There are those on the Internet who discuss the erotic stimulation they experience by watching other males being [[circumcised]], swap fiction and about it, and trade in videotapes of actual circumcisions.<ref>{{REFbook

Schoen's former office was in the Julia Morgan building on Broadway that houses [[Kaiser Permanente]]'s genetics department in San Fransico. Only a few yards from the home office of [[Daniel Halperin]], assistant professor of anthropology at UCSF's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPDS).<ref name="Slack"/>

Schoen died in his sleep, at the age of 91 on 23 August 23 of 2016, surrounded by his family.<ref>{{REFweb