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CHAPTER ONE Before the Blade LET’S START WITH what no one ever tells you. Before the blade, before the ritual, before the billion-dollar industry — there’s skin. Not just any skin. A unique, living, functional part of the body that nearly half the planet still has — and most of the rest lost without knowing why. So here’s what was there. The foreskin, or prepuce, is a double-layered fold of skin and mucous membrane that covers the glans — the head of the penis — in its natural, intact state. It’s not some evolutionary leftover. It’s not just “extra skin.” It’s designed — by biology, by evolution — to do things. Let’s walk through them. Function #1: Protection The glans (head of the penis)...