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	The foreskin may be retractable or non-retractable. Most men have a retractable foreskin, but about two to five percent have a longer, tighter, non-retractable foreskin, which is a normal variant.		The foreskin may be retractable or non-retractable. Most men have a retractable foreskin, but about two to five percent have a longer, tighter, non-retractable foreskin, which is a normal variant.

	The foreskin (also known as the ''prepuce'') is the layered fold of smooth muscle tissue, blood vessels, neurons, [[skin]], and [[Preputial mucosa\|mucous membrane]] part of the [[penis]] that covers and protects the [[glans penis]] and the urinary meatus.<ref name="cold-taylor1999"/> There are four layers of tissue in the foreskin. The top layer is either epidermis in the outer foreskin or [[mucosa]], in the inner foreskin. The second layer is the lamina propria. The third layer is the [[dartos]]. The fourth layer is the dermis. It is normal for the foreskin to become darker in color than the rest of one's body after [[puberty]]. This condition is called hyperpigmentation.		The foreskin (also known as the ''prepuce'') is the layered fold of smooth muscle tissue, blood vessels, neurons, [[skin]], and [[Preputial mucosa\|mucous membrane]] part of the [[penis]] that covers and protects the [[glans penis]] and the urinary meatus.<ref name="cold-taylor1999"/> There are four layers of tissue in the foreskin. The top layer is either epidermis in the outer foreskin or [[mucosa]], in the inner foreskin. The second layer is the lamina propria. The third layer is the [[dartos]]. The fourth layer is the dermis.

			It is normal for the foreskin to become darker in color than the rest of one's body after [[puberty]]. This condition is called hyperpigmentation.

	The adult foreskin measures about 3 inches by 5 inches or [[The Foreskin: 15 Square Inches of Erogenous Tissue\| 15 square inches]].<ref name="taylor1996">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref> The foreskin creates the [[preputial sac]]. The two foreskin layers provide a [[skin]] reserve. When the penis becomes erect, the foreskin may wholly or partially unfold to provide the necessary [[skin]] to allow for expansion of the penis during [[erection]].		The adult foreskin measures about 3 inches by 5 inches or [[The Foreskin: 15 Square Inches of Erogenous Tissue\| 15 square inches]].<ref name="taylor1996">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref> The foreskin creates the [[preputial sac]]. The two foreskin layers provide a [[skin]] reserve. When the penis becomes erect, the foreskin may wholly or partially unfold to provide the necessary [[skin]] to allow for expansion of the penis during [[erection]].

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	== Sexual behavior ==		== Sexual behavior ==
	The foreskin is a source of comfort to [[foreskinned]] men that is not available to [[circumcised]] men.		The foreskin is a source of [[Body pleasure\| comfort]] to [[foreskinned]] men that is not available to [[circumcised]] men.

	Laumann et al. (1997) reported that men who lack a foreskin "engage in a somewhat more elaborated set of sexual practices than do men who are not [[circumcised]]. For each of the practices examined, lifetime experience of various forms of oral and anal sex and [[masturbation]] frequency in the past year, [[circumcised]] men engaged in these behaviors at greater rates. The difference between [[circumcised]] men was greatest for [[masturbation]] — ironically, a practice that [[circumcision]] was once thought to limit. A total of 47% of circumcised men reported masturbating at least once a month vs 34% for their [[uncircumcised]] peers."<ref name="laumann1997>{{REFjournal		Laumann et al. (1997) reported that men who lack a foreskin "engage in a somewhat more elaborated set of sexual practices than do men who are not [[circumcised]]. For each of the practices examined, lifetime experience of various forms of oral and anal sex and [[masturbation]] frequency in the past year, [[circumcised]] men engaged in these behaviors at greater rates. The difference between [[circumcised]] men was greatest for [[masturbation]] — ironically, a practice that [[circumcision]] was once thought to limit. A total of 47% of circumcised men reported masturbating at least once a month vs 34% for their [[uncircumcised]] peers."<ref name="laumann1997>{{REFjournal

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			* {{REFweb
			\|url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23175-foreskin
			\|title=Foreskin
			\|last=Anonymous
			\|publisher=Cleveland Clinic
			\|date=2025-08-04
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	* [[Gliding action]]		* [[Gliding action]]
	* [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]		* [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]
			* [[Jojoba]]
	* [[Living with a foreskin in circumcised America]]		* [[Living with a foreskin in circumcised America]]
	* [[Long foreskins]]		* [[Long foreskins]]

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	The inner and outer adult foreskin together contain about 15 square inches of skin.		The inner and outer adult foreskin together contain about 15 square inches of skin.

			The foreskin is <i>not</i> redundant tissue.<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal
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			\|author-link=Dale Andersen
			\|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
			\|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework
			\|journal=Critical Disability Discourses
			\|date=2025-12
			\|volume=10
			\|issue=2
			\|pages=1-37
			\|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016
			\|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786
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			\|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens.
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	===Foreskin in infancy and childhood===		===Foreskin in infancy and childhood===

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	The foreskin is considered to have three parts:		The foreskin is considered to have three parts:
	* The outer foreskin which is ~~coverer~~ with true [[skin]].		* The outer foreskin which is covered with true [[skin]].
	* The inner foreskin and [[ridged band]] which is covered with mucosal membrane. ([[Mucosa]])		* The inner foreskin and [[ridged band]] which is covered with mucosal membrane. ([[Mucosa]])
	* The [[frenulum]] which connects the foreskin to the [[glans penis]] and usually limits retraction.		* The [[frenulum]] which connects the foreskin to the [[glans penis]] and usually limits retraction.

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	==Origin==		==Origin==
	[[Evolution of the foreskin]] over hundreds of thousands of years by natural selection provided better fitness for survival.<ref>{{REFbook		[[Evolution of the foreskin]] over hundreds of thousands of years by natural selection provided better fitness for survival.<ref name="darwin1859">{{REFbook
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	}}</ref> Evolution provided protective functions that protect the [[penis]] from [[trauma]], [[infection]],<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"> and also provided functions that promote reproduction.<ref name="cold-taylor1999" />		}}</ref> Evolution provided protective functions that protect the [[penis]] from [[trauma]], [[infection]],<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"></ref> and also provided functions that promote reproduction.<ref name="cold-taylor1999" />

	== Structure ==		== Structure ==

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Physiological functions

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	<i>See [[Development_of_retractable_foreskin#Adult_foreskin\| Adult foreskin]].</i>		<i>See [[Development_of_retractable_foreskin#Adult_foreskin\| Adult foreskin]].</i>

	==Physiological functions==		==Physiological functions of the foreskin==

	Antique research by Alfred Kinsey (1948)<ref>{{REFbook		Antique research by Alfred Kinsey (1948)<ref>{{REFbook

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	}}</ref> Evolution provided protective functions that protect the [[penis]] from [[trauma]], [[infection]],<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"/> and also provided functions that promote reproduction.<ref name="cold-taylor1999" />		}}</ref> Evolution provided protective functions that protect the [[penis]] from [[trauma]], [[infection]],<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"> and also provided functions that promote reproduction.<ref name="cold-taylor1999" />

	== Structure ==		== Structure ==