17 Functions of the 4skin

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This list is intended to be exhaustive, in descending order of importance in each section.

[center]Sexual[/center]

1 Erotic pleasure, especially via the ridged band and Meissner's corpuscles

2 Acts as a rolling bearing in intercourse and masturbation

3 Prevents dyspareunia (painful intercourse)

4 Stimulates partner's genitalia, giving erotic pleasure

5 Supplies skin to cover the shaft in erection and prevent tightness

6 Stores pheromones and releases them on arousal

7 Stores and releases natural lubricants ("smega" and pre-ejaculatory fluid)

8 Makes the glans a visual signal of sexual arousal

9 Provides a seal against the vaginal wall to contain semen

[center]Protective[/center]

10 Prevents the glans becoming keratinised, and keeps it soft and moist

11 Protects the thin-skinned glans against injury

12 Protects the nerves of the glans, retaining their erotic function

13 In infancy, protects the urethra against contamination, meatal stenosis, (and UTIs?)

14 Provides lysosomes for bacteriostatic action around the glans

15 Pigmented, it protects the unpigmented glans against sunburn

16 Vascular (rich in blood vessels that bring heat to the tissues), it protects the less vascular glans against frostbite, as Sir Ranulph Fiennes found on his epic transpolar walk.

[center]Other[/center]

17 Provides skin for grafts to burnt eyelids, reconstructive surgery, etc.

18 Storage of contact lenses, smuggled jewels, etc

The Doctors Opposing Circumcision (DOC) website has a clear and comprehensive video about the structure and functions of the prepuce.

http://www.circumstitions.com/Functions.html

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Ninguém percebeu que o prepúcio é o principal agente do tráfico internacional de diamantes e das guerrilhas em Serra Leoa?

Mais perigoso que um prepúcio, só uma vagina.