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}}</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]].<ref name>{{REFjournal |last=Fleiss |first= |init=PM |author-link=Paul M. Fleiss |last2=Hodges |first2= |init2=FM |author2-link=Frederick M. Hodges |last3="fleissVan Howe |first3= |init3=RS |author3-hodgeslink=Robert S. Van Howe |etal=no |title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce |trans-vanhowe1998"title= |journal=Sex Trans Inf |date=1998-10 |volume=74 |issue=5 |pages=364-7 |url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1758142/pdf/v074p00364.pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=10195034 |pubmedCID=1758142 |DOI=10.1136/sti.74.5.364 |format=PDF |accessdate=2024-12-23}}</ref>
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
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