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}}</ref> ''Intact'' is a favored, positive term.<ref>{{REFweb

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|quote=94% found the word intact effective; it was ranked highest overall.

}}</ref> It refers to the whole person.

''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.

== 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]].

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 possess a [[foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]].

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* [[Living with a foreskin in circumcised America]]

* [[Preputial sac]]

* [[Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine]]

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+}}</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
+ |archived=
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=
+ |last=Anonymous
+ |publisher=Intact America
+ |website=https://intactamerica.org
+ |date=2024
+ |accessdate=2026-01-07
+ |format=PDF
+ |quote=94% found the word intact effective; it was ranked highest overall.
+}}</ref> It refers to the whole person.
-''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.
 == 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]].
+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 possess a [[foreskin]] and its enclosed [[preputial sac]].
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 * [[Living with a foreskin in circumcised America]]
 * [[Preputial sac]]
+* [[Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine]]
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