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    peters01alm Posts: 39, Reputation: -2
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    Jan 7, 2008, 08:48 PM
    The foreskin
    What is the function of the foreskin in mammals ?
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    Jan 7, 2008, 09:13 PM
    "Dr. Dean Edell (Insight from American's Doctor) What Is The Purpose Of The Foreskin?

    What Is The Purpose Of The Foreskin?
    Posting Date: 02/26/1999

    The foreskin has three known functions: protective, sensory, and sexual.

    During infancy, the foreskin is attached to the glans and protects it from urine, feces, and abrasions from diapers. Throughout life, the foreskin keeps the glans soft and moist and protects it from trauma and injury. Without this protection, the glans becomes dry, calloused, and desensitized from exposure and chafing.

    Specialized nerve endings in the foreskin enhance sexual pleasure.

    The foreskin may have functions not yet recognized or understood. "
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    Jan 7, 2008, 09:59 PM
    I not sure I would agree with Edell but Wikipedia has a couple of dozen of paragraphs on functions... enough?

    Foreskin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Makes you wonder why they cut it off... religion or biology?
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    Jan 8, 2008, 06:27 PM
    Specialized nerve endings in the foreskin enhance sexual pleasure.

    Hi Ace, which explains why circumcised penises takes longer to arouse than uncircumcised ones ? Does the former penis still feel the same amount of pleasure anyway without the hood ?
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    Jan 10, 2008, 08:12 AM
    Almost all mammals have foreskins, although in these non-human cases the foreskin is usually a sheath into which the whole penis is retracted. Only monotremes lack foreskins.
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