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Why Human Males are born with a Foreskin?

The foreskin plays a role in embryogenesis and advancement of the distal end of the penis, including the head (glans) and first part of the urethra. Separation of the prepuce from the glans during development is completed in the 5th month of gestation. Studies suggest that the foreskin has no role after birth. The total absence of a prepuce in a healthy five-day-old boy has, moreover, been reported. There is no significant proof of any unfavourable impact of the absence of a foreskin, and, as has been point by point in this little endeavour, we now realise that the foreskin represents a hazard to the male from different sicknesses and unhygienic conditions during his lifetime.

Admittedly, one can argue that the foreskin in primitive people or pre-humans could have shielded the head of the penis from long grass, growth, and so forth when our primitive predecessors wore no garments. Evolutionarily, our fundamental physiology and brain science are minimal not quite the same as our savannah-meandering or cave abiding ancestors; a huge number of years prior. It may likewise be estimated that the damp tip of an uncircumcised penis could have ensured a speedier intercourse. Clearly, in those circumstances, long foreplay and intercourse may have been a survival hindrance. One may anticipate that that the risk to the copulators from predators and human foes would have been more prominent the more they were occupied with sex.

But there is another possibility. In the history of circumcision; Associate Professor Guy Cox from The University of Sydney refers to a possibility that the foreskin could, in fact, be the male equivalent of the hymen. He further elaborates that foreskin might have served as a protective barrier in the adolescent prehistoric humans before the advent of civilisation and cultures. Cox further argues that, way back then, this protective barrier would have reduced the successful acts in those too young, thus discouraging them from exploiting sexual acts.

With the advent of civilisation, the control of the sexual conduct of the youth by society made the physical system repetitive and society acquainted circumcision to free the person from the hindrance of having a foreskin. Strangely, the physical challenges experienced by the uncircumcised may clarify why the word for uncircumcised in Hebrew signifies “barrier” or “to hinder”, so explaining the Biblical expression “uncircumcised heart” when alluding to obstructionism. To this day, many question the purpose of Adult Male Circumcision, which apart from a historical narrative painted above is further augmented by various religions across the world to promote the idea of ‘Cleanliness’ and ‘ Piousness’ in their followers. To put it in a narrative, experts at Circumcision Center have remarked that in addition to hygiene; circumcision offers benefits such as:

  • Reduced risk of urinary tract infections.
  • A decreased risk of some sexually transmitted diseases in men.
  • Protection against penile cancer.
  • Prevention of balanitis and balanoposthitis.
  • Prevention of phimosis and paraphimosis
  • Treatment for tight foreskin.

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