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====Masturbation for intact teens====
Milos (2022) advises regarding a 14-year-old [[intact]] teen:
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I am happy that you and your son can talk candidly about sex. You can explain to him that, just as you cautioned him not to forcibly retract his [[foreskin]], he needs to be careful with his foreskin when he masturbates. Here’s why: One or two millimeters under the penile skin is a smooth muscle sheath called the [[dartos]] fascia. The dartos fascia covers the shaft of the [[penis]] and extends to the tip. The dartos fascia muscle fibers near the tip of the foreskin form a sphincter-like structure—or a ring—that acts like a one-way valve and shields the urinary opening.
The muscle fibers of the ring will become elastic over time as your son’s foreskin loosens with the hormones of puberty and eventually fully retracts. Until then, tell your son to masturbate gently to slowly widen the opening. If he masturbates too vigorously, he can force the head of the penis through the opening and tear the ring, causing bleeding as well as pain. Gentleness is always important when the genitals are involved.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-why-is-vigorous-masturbation-painful-for-this-intact-teen/
|title=Ask Marilyn—Why Is Vigorous Masturbation Painful for this Intact Teen?
|last=Milos
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|init=MF
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-07-25
|accessdate=2024-05-04
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