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}}</ref> The practice of male circumcision was well established in the United Kingdom as the twentieth century began.
[[R. W. Cockshut|Cockshut]] (1935) published a letter in the ''British Medical Journal'' that urged circumcision of all male infants because the "glans of the circumcised rapidly assumes a leathery texture less sensitive than [[skin]]." The advantage, according to [[R. W. Cockshut|Cockshut]], is that masturbation would be reduced.<ref name="cockshut1935">{{REFjournal
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