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The meatus is protected by the [[foreskin]] of the [[intact]] normal [[penis]]. When a boy has been [[circumcised]], the meatus is more likely to develop meatitis, <ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal |last=Brennemann |init=J |author-link= |last2= |init2= |author2-link= |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/brennemann1/ |title=The ulcerated meatus in the circumcised child |journal=Am J Dis Child |date=1921 |volume=21 |issue= |pages=38-47 |accessdate=2022-01-25}}</ref> meatal ulceration, and/or meatal stenosis. [[Foreskinned]] boys rarely, if ever, develop these issues.