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|quote=undamaged, whole, complete, sound, perfect, entire, virgin, untouched, unscathed, unbroken, flawless, unhurt, faultless, unharmed, uninjured, unimpaired, undefiled, all in one piece, together, scatheless, unviolated | |quote=undamaged, whole, complete, sound, perfect, entire, virgin, untouched, unscathed, unbroken, flawless, unhurt, faultless, unharmed, uninjured, unimpaired, undefiled, all in one piece, together, scatheless, unviolated | ||
}}</ref> ''Intact'' is a favored, positive term.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|title=2025 Terminology Survey | |||
|url=https://intactamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2015-Terminology-Survey.pdf | |||
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|last=Anonymous | |||
|publisher=Intact America | |||
|website=https://intactamerica.org | |||
|date=2024 | |||
|accessdate=2026-01-07 | |||
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|quote=94% found the word intact effective; it was ranked highest overall. | |||
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''Intact'' is the preferred antonym for ''[[circumcised]]''. An ''intact'' boy is a ''foreskinned'' boy. | ''Intact'' is the preferred antonym for ''[[circumcised]]''. Intact males have a [[foreskin]]. An ''intact'' boy is a ''[[foreskinned]]'' boy. | ||
According to the [[WHO]], about 70 percent of living males are intact. All boys are born intact. Being intact is the normal condition of human males. | According to the [[WHO]], about 70 percent of living males are intact. All boys are born intact. Being intact is the normal condition of human males. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[Jeffrey R. Wood]], an early [[intactivist]], is believed to be the first person to apply the word to the condition of having a normal, complete, natural [[penis]]. | [[Jeffrey R. Wood]], an early [[intactivist]], is believed to be the first person to apply the word to the condition of having a normal, complete, natural [[penis]]. | ||
Marilyn Milos, the founder of [[NOCIRC]], also advocated the use of <i>intact</i>, because words such as <i>uncircumcised</i> implied that something had been left undone. | |||
== Intact males == | == Intact males == | ||
Intact males possess a [[foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]]. | Intact males possess a [[foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]]. | ||
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