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===Circumcision myth===
The myth that [[smegma]] was a carcinogenic, and thus that [[circumcision]] would render a man immune to penile cancer, was invented in 1932 by a defender of [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision ]] named [[Abraham L. Wolbarst]], who also believed that [[circumcision]] prevented epilepsy, paralysis, and [[masturbation]]and venereal disease.<ref>{{Wolbarst1932}}</ref> No laboratory or clinical research had been done on the subject at the time, however Wolbarst's myth found its way into early medical textbooks regardless. Although the smegma hypothesis was completely disproven by an exhaustive study by Reddy in 1963,<ref name="reddy1963">{{REFjournal
|init=DG
|last=Reddy
|pages=414-420
}}</ref> circumcision advocates continue to stubbornly repeat it.
The American Cancer Society (1996) urged the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] ''not'' to promote child [[circumcision]] as a preventive against cancer.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.nocirc.org/position/acs.php
|title=Letter to American Academy of Pediatrics
|last=
|first=
|init=
|publisher=American Cancer Society
|date=1996-02-16
|accessdate=2023-09-06
}}</ref>
===Infection with human papilloma virus===