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Satisfaction tracked with getting the facts wrong
A 2018 survey of nearly 900 American men found satisfaction with circumcision rose alongside inaccurate beliefs about it — and fell the same way for intact men who believed the same myths.
A systematic review that graded its own homework
Bioethicist Brian D. Earp laid out a specific, checkable problem with a widely-cited circumcision review: the quality grading behind its favorable conclusion was done by people with a stake in reaching it.
“Your baby will be just fine either way” is not a medical opinion
WebMD weighs circumcision benefits it admits are minor against an outcome — a boy who grows up wishing he’d been left alone — that never even makes the page.
“He won’t remember it” is not the comfort you think
The body keeps a record the memory doesn’t. A prospective cohort with a dose-response gradient is the single hardest finding here to wave away — and it’s also the strongest argument for pain control.
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