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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' provides parents with basic information on the care of [[intact]] boys.
==Video==
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==Discussion==
The intact [[foreskin]] has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that work best when the foreskin is left alone.
The [[preputial mucosa]] of the [[foreskin]] is fused with the [[glans penis]] by the [[synechia]] in infancy and childhood so the foreskin cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is harmful. Wright (1994) advises that the first person to retract the boy’s foreskin should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal
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Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) conducted a survey of 4,000 boys in [[Denmark]] where most boys are [[intact]]. They reported that the mean age of first [[foreskin]] retraction is 10.4 years in [[Denmark]].<ref name="Thorvaldsen-meyhoff2005">{{REFjournal
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[[Category:Film about circumcision and intactivism]]
[[Category:Parental information]]
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