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=== America ===
Circumcision, particularly male infant non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] had become entrenched in [[United States of America| American culture]], because of promotion by the [[Circumcision Industryindustry]], but now is in a declining pattern. Beginning in the Victorian period, men and children were [[circumcised]] to make [[masturbation]] difficult, because [[masturbation]] was seen as the root of many diseases. Circumcising newborn infants grew into a trend which peaked during the 60's and 70's. Movements to end circumcision began in the late 70's, so the incidence of genital intactness has increased significantly. Medicaid unlawfully provides [[third-party payment]] for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision in many states<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal
|last=Adler
|first=Peter W.
}}</ref> the American male population remains largely [[circumcised]] in most states and about 900,000 male newborns receive non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] every year.
Despite the financially self-serving promotional efforts of the [[Circumcision Industryindustry]], the incidence of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of infant boys in the [[United States]] was reported to have continued its slow decline to 52.1 percent in 2016.<ref name="jacobson2021">{{REFjournal
|last=Jacobson
|first=Deborah L.