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In the 1950s it was cervical cancer. [[Abraham Ravich]] (1951) invents the myth that circumcision reduces the risk of women getting cervical cancer.<ref name="ravich1951">{{REFjournal |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14853120 |title=Prophylaxis of cancer of the prostate, penis, and cervix by circumcision |last=Ravich |first=Abraham |init=A |author-link=Abraham Ravich |last2=Ravich |init2=RA |journal=New York State Journal of Medicine |date=Jun 1951 |volume=51 |issue=12 |pages=1519-1520 |pubmedID=14853120 |accessdate=2019-10-12Ravich1951}}</ref>
In the late 1960s it was neuroses. Morris Fishbein (1969) calls for circumcision to prevent nervousness and, of course, [[masturbation]].<ref>{{REFbook
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In the 1970s bladder- and rectal cancer. [[Abraham Ravich]] (1971) claims that circumcision would prevent bladder cancer and rectal cancer.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Ravich |first=Abraham |init=A |author-link=Abraham Ravich |url=https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/viral-carcinogenesis-in-venereally-susceptible-organs-HCeWmTLmKl |title=Viral carcinogenesis in venereally susceptible organs |journal=Cancer |date=Jun 1971 |volume=27 |issue=6 |pages=1493-1496 |accessdate=2019-10-12 Ravich1971}}</ref>
In the 1980s, UTIs. [[Thomas E. Wiswell]] (1985) claims that circumcision, using a methodologically flawed report, reduces the risk of urinary tract infections.<ref name="wiswell1985">{{REFjournal