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In the post-war era after WWII, the popularity of non-therapeutic circumcision, driven by medical promotion by doctors seeking a nice [[Financial incentive| surgical fee ]] as an alleged preventive of penile cancer and by the [[Adamant father syndrome| adamant request of circumcised men home from the war who became fathers]]. The publication of a landmark article by [[Douglas Gairdner]] in the [[United Kingdom]] showing that infant circumcision is non-therapeutic and unnecessary that called for preservation of the foreskin<ref name="gairdner1949">{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> was totally ignored by the circumcision industry in the United States. ===Late twentieth century===