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}}</ref> A majority of males in the [[United States]] and [[Israel]] are [[circumcised]], so these nations are outliers. The [[foreskinned]] males are in the true majority world-wide and constitute the real norm, however the United States does not follow the norm.
==Health and well-being==
The American public has been lied to about the alleged advantages of [[circumcision]] by the [[circumcision industry]] for well over a century.<refname="garrett2023-11-10">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/pros-and-cons-of-circumcision/
|title=Pros and Cons of Circumcision (Spoiler: You’ve Been Lied to)
|accessdate=2025-03-22
}}</ref>
In reality, [[Foreskinnedforeskinned]] American males may expect to enjoy higher levels of health and well-being than [[circumcised]] American males. The [[foreskin]] provides built-in [[immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective functions]] that protects the [[penis]] from both [[trauma]] and [[infection]].<ref name="fleissvanhowe2006">{{REFjournal |last=Van Howe |init=RS |author-link= |title=Incidence of meatal stenosis following neonatal circumcision in a primary care setting |journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila) |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=49-54 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000992280604500108?url_ver=Z39.88-hodges2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed |quote= |pubmedID=16429216 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1177/000992280604500108 |date=2006-01 |accessdate=2020-01-09 |note=Jan-vanhowe1998"Feb 2006}}</ref> The [[foreskinned]] male may expect to enjoy [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| normal, natural sexual function]] and freedom from [[Psychological issues of male circumcision| circumcision related psychological issues]].
Claims of increased [[infection]] in [[foreskinned]] men are myths started by the [[circumcision industry]]. <ref name="garrett2023-11-10" /> The foreskin actually protects against infection.<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref>
[[Foreskinned]] guys also enjoy the benefit of having a [[preputial sac]] with sexually-stimulating [[Pheromone| pheromones]], which the [[circumcised]] guys lack.