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It is often assumed that the sole function of the foreskin is to protect the glans. Does recent research support this idea?
The foreskin does protect the glans, but this is not its main function. The foreskin is designed, primarily, to provide light touch, reflex, and erogenous sensory functions. The ridged band is just as important, sexually, as the glans. The foreskin, therefore, does protect the glans but, more importantly, it is designed to protect its own, specialized, mucosal [[mucosa]]l surfaces by turning them inwards, towards the glans.
== How does the foreskin compare with the glans as sexual tissue? ==
== How does the foreskin interact with other parts of the penis? ==
The ridged band, which is mucous membrane ([[mucosa]]), is joined directly to the true skin of the penis. The glans, on the other hand, does not come in direct contact with true skin. This arrangement suggests that the ridged band depends for stimulation on the tugging action of penile skin during intercourse. The glans is more independent of penile skin, both functionally and physically.
== Does the foreskin allow easy vaginal penetration and a sliding action during intercourse? ==