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- MYTH: Almost all men are circumcised.
- FACT: Not so much. Globally, fewer than a third of all men are circumcised [World Health Organization, 2008].. And in the USA, fewer than half of all boys born in conventional hospitals from 2006-2009 were circumcised.<refname="rabin2010">{{REFweb
|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/health/research/17circ.html?
|title=Steep drop seen in circumcisions in U.S.
- MYTH: It's easier to take care of a circumcised penis.
- FACT: All you have to do with a child's intact penis is [http://www.nocirc.org/publish/4pam.pdf leave it alone]. As the boy reaches puberty, he'll be able to [[Retraction of the foreskin| retract his foreskin ]] and rinse it as necessary. Not a big deal.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/Care.html
|title=Care of the intact penis
- MYTH: Circumcision prevents urinary tract infections.
- FACT: The studies linking circumcision to lower risk of UTIs are flawed. Here are detailed studies:<ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=A Cohort Study on Male Neonatal Circumcision and the Subsequent Risk of Urinary Tract Infection
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|accessdate=2019-12-07
}} http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/to</ref>
- MYTH: Circumcision prevents penile cancer
- FACT: In a letter to the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], the American Cancer Society stated that it "does not consider routine circumcision to be a valid or effective measure to prevent [penile or cervical] cancers. ...Penile cancer rates in countries which do not practice circumcision are lower than those found in the U.S."<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://www.cancer.org/cancer/penilecancer/detailedguide/penile-cancer-prevention |title=Can penile cancer be prevented? |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |author-link= |publisher=American Cancer Society |website= |date=2017-10-19 |accessdate=2019-12-07 |format= |quote=Men who aren’t circumcised can help lower their risk of penile cancer by practicing good genital hygiene. }}</ref>
- MYTH: Intact kids will get teased in the locker room.
- FACT: These days nearly 50% of boys nationwide are left intact - so the circumcised boys may be just as likely to get teased.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/health/research/17circ.html<name="rabin2010" /ref>
- FINAL FACT: I'm not here to make judgement. [[Circumcision]] is a big decision - and an irreversible one. Do your homework and make the right decision for you and your boy.