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The term "'''Gliding action'''" is used to describe the way the [[foreskin]] moves without friction during [[sexual intercourse]].<ref name="hill2007">{{REFjournal
|last=Hill
|first=
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2023-10-02
}}</ref> The [[foreskin]] is internally lubricated with body fluid[[lymph]], so it glides frictionlessly over the shaft and [[Preputial mucosa|inner layer]] of foreskin. This mechanism was described by Lakshamanan & Prakash (1980), stating that "[t]he outer layer of the prepuce in common with the [[shaft skin|skin of the shaft]] of the [[penis]] glides freely in a to and fro fashion..."<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Lakshmanan
|init=S
|date=1980
|accessdate=2022-06-19
}}</ref> The gliding action allows for prolonged intercourse.<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Bigelow, Ph.D
|first=Jim
|accessdate=2023-08-15
|note=
}}</ref> and stimulates the [[Meissner's corpuscles]] found in the [[ridged band]].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Hill
|first=
|init=G
|author-link=George Hill
|etal=no
|title=Foreskin motion generates Meissner corpuscle stimulation
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=BMJ
|location=
|date=2003-12-16
|volume=
|issue=
|article=
|page=
|pages=
|url=https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/30/foreskin-motion-generates-meissner-corpuscle-stimulation
|archived=
|quote=The decrease in penile sensitivity after circumcision is well documented both by extensive anecdotal and empirical evidence.
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|doi=
|accessdate=2024-09-12
}}</ref>
|accessdate=2023-10-26
}}</ref>
==Video=====The foreskin and pleasure===<youtube>9pA5Cp-ZokE</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Dyspareunia]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{NSFW}}: [http://www.circumstitions.com/Works.html How the foreskin works]
* {{REFweb |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/garcia/ |title=What exactly is circumcision and what is it not? |last=Garcia |first=Francisco |init= |author-link= |publisher=Circumcision Information Pages |date=1995-12-11 |accessdate=2025-06-29}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.cirp.org/pages/anatomy/
|publisher=Circumcision Information and Reference Pages.
|date=2013
|accessdate=2024-09-12}}* {{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/user/C4Charkey/comments/1jumd8x/the_accidental_intactivist_manifesto_ii_the_myth/ |title=Section II. The Myth of the Foreskin: Deconstructing the Label, Understanding the Whole |last=C4Charkey |first= |init= |author-link=C4Charkey |publisher=REDDIT |date=2025-04-08 |accessdate=2025-04-12}}* {{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/foreskininfo/comments/1ocwn1k/its_not_a_design_flaw_its_the_penises/ |title=It's not a design flaw. It's the penises factory-installed pleasure & protection suite. |last=Anonymous |author-link= |publisher=REDDIT |date=2025-10-21 |accessdate=2025-10-22
}}
{{REF}}
[[Category:Educational]]
[[Category:Foreskinned life]]
[[Category:Penile function]]
[[Category:Physiology]]