Care of intact, foreskinned boys: Difference between revisions

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}}</ref> and because [[intact]], non-traumatized boys are easier to [[Breastfeeding| breastfeed]].
}}</ref> <ref name="milos2022-08-08">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcised-vs-uncircumcised-babies-how-do-you-care-for-one-or-the-other/
|title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcised vs Uncircumcised Babies: How Do You Care for One or the Other?
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|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-08-08
|accessdate=2024-10-24
}}</ref> and because [[intact]], non-traumatized boys are easier to [[Breastfeeding| breastfeed]]. [[Foreskinned]] boys are likely to enjoy better health because of the [[immunological and protective function of the foreskin]].


The [[foreskin]] has the duty of protecting the [[glans penis]] and [[meatus]] from physical [[trauma]] and [[infection]], so boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal
The [[foreskin]] has the duty of protecting the [[glans penis]] and [[meatus]] from physical [[trauma]] and [[infection]], so boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal