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Misinformation abounds regarding the hygiene of the intact [[penis]]. In the [[United States]], especially, doctors tend to be ignorant, misinformed, or simply uninformed concerning the hygienic care of [[intact ]] men and childrenboys, and this happens for a variety of reasons. As of now, America is primarily a country where circumcision is [[United_States_of_America#Prevalence_of_circumcision| prevalent]], and thus intact male genitals are unfamiliar to many Americans. Many American medical doctors, are ignorant of the subject because they are themselves circumcised, wives to circumcised men, and/or mothers to circumcised children. Additionally, care of the intact male genitals is rarely mentioned in medical school. The [[foreskin ]] and the proper care for intact genitals tends to be absent in pediatric literature.<ref name="osborn1981">{{REFjournal

This this article provides factual information to help medical personnel and parents understand the proper care of the penis in its unaltered state.