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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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|first=Charles | |first=Charles | ||
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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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The foreskin is considered to have three parts: | The foreskin is considered to have three parts: | ||
* The outer foreskin which is | * 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. | ||
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 | |||
|last=Andersen-Giberson | |||
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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 | |||
|accessdate=2026-03-12 | |||
|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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|accessdate=2026-03-12 | |||
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===Foreskin in infancy and childhood=== | ===Foreskin in infancy and childhood=== | ||
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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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|accessdate=2025-09-06 | |accessdate=2025-09-06 | ||
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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 | |||
|accessdate=2026-04-27 | |||
}} | }} | ||
* {{REFweb | * {{REFweb | ||
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|date=2005-12-27 | |date=2005-12-27 | ||
|accessdate=2025-12-29 | |accessdate=2025-12-29 | ||
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* {{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.foreskin.day/factsandfallacies.html | |||
|title=Foreskin Facts and Phallacies | |||
|last=Anonymous | |||
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|publisher=Intact America | |||
|date=2026-04-04 | |||
|accessdate=2026-04-04 | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||