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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a noun that means 1) the condition of being [[intact]], 2) the state of being unimpaired, and 3) completeness.<ref>{{REFweb
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a noun that means  
# the condition of being [[intact]],  
# the state of being unimpaired, and  
# completeness.<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.wordnik.com/words/intactness
  |url=https://www.wordnik.com/words/intactness
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Among English-speaking nations, '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the norm in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[United Kingdom]];<ref name="stat2016">{{REFweb
Among English-speaking nations, '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the norm in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[United Kingdom]];<ref name="stat2016">{{REFweb
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  |DOI=10.1097/JU.0000000000001316
  |DOI=10.1097/JU.0000000000001316
  |accessdate=2024-05-05
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}}</ref> [[Foreskinned]] men usually enjoy their intactness and would not have it any other way.


'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the norm in all European nations, all Latin American nations, [[China]], India, and Mongolia.<ref name="stat2016" />
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the norm in all European nations, all Latin American nations, [[China]], [[India]], and Mongolia.<ref name="stat2016" />  


Unfortunately, '''intactness''' has been shamed in the [[United States]] and American males have been discouraged from keeping their erogenous, protective, and healthy [[foreskin]].<ref name="garrett2023-12-21">{{REFweb
Unfortunately, '''intactness''' has been shamed in the [[United States]] and American males have been discouraged from keeping their erogenous, protective, and healthy [[foreskin]],<ref name="garrett2023-12-21">{{REFweb
  |url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-phobia-intact-penis-shamed/
  |url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-phobia-intact-penis-shamed/
  |title=Foreskin Phobia: How The Intact Penis Has Been Shamed
  |title=Foreskin Phobia: How The Intact Penis Has Been Shamed
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  |date=2023-12-21
  |date=2023-12-21
  |accessdate=2024-05-15
  |accessdate=2024-05-15
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}}</ref> but increasing levels of intactness are now being reported among newborn infant boys.<ref name="jacobson2021" /> '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' became the NORM among newborn boys in the [[United States of America]] in 2022.<ref name="yang2025">{{REFjournal
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==Intactness among Christians==
The Christian Fathers met at the [[Council at Jerusalem]] in about 49 A.D. to discuss the issue of [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]] as practiced by the Jewish people. It was decided that circumcision is not a requirement for Christians,<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2015%3A1-35&version=NASB
|title=New American Standard Bible, Acts 15:1-35
|publisher=
|date=
|accessdate=2026-04-20
}}</ref> however a few Abyssinian and Coptic Christians continue to observe the Jewish ritual.
 
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the NORM among Christians worldwide.
 
{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Bruchim]]
* [[Living with a foreskin in circumcised America]]
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* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
  |url=https://peacefulbeginningsrosemary.wordpress.com/circ-information/having-a-foreskin/
  |url=https://peacefulbeginningsrosemary.wordpress.com/circ-information/having-a-foreskin/
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  |date=2012-07-17
  |date=2012-07-17
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/intact_chat/comments/1s33u7g/foreskin_obsession/
|title=Foreskin obsession?
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=Reddit
|date=2026-03
|accessdate=2026-04-30
}}
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