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The '''vagina''' is the elastic, muscular part of the female genital tract. It extends from the [[vulva]] to the [[cervix]]. The outer vaginal opening is normally partly covered by a membrane called the hymen. At the deep end, the [[cervix ]] (neck of the [[uterus]]) bulges into the vagina. The vagina is lined with mucosal tissue. The vagina is moisturized and lubricated by Bartholin's glands.<ref>{{REFweb

The vagina receives the [[penis]] during [[sexual intercourse]]. To accommodate smoother penetration of the vagina during sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, vaginal moisture increases during sexual arousal in human females. This increase in moisture provides vaginal lubrication, which reduces friction. The texture of the vaginal walls creates friction for the [[penis ]] during sexual intercourse and stimulates it toward [[ejaculation]], enabling fertilization.

Knowledge of the overwhelming superiority of the [[intact]], [[foreskinned]] [[penis]] over the [[circumcised]] penis in assuring the pleasure and orgasm of the female partner is of long standing. Rabbi Isaac ben Yedaiah, who lived in Southern France in the late 13th century, wrote effusively of the pleasures that the [[foreskin ]] provided to the woman. Marc Saperstein (1980) provided a translation:

Warren & Bigelow (1994) reported the [[foreskin]] "provides slack [[shaft skin|skin on the shaft]] of the erect [[penis ]] allowing it to [[Gliding action| glide]] within its own sheath of [[skin]] during intercourse, one effect of which is to conserve vaginal lubrication. The [[gliding action]] of the foreskin eases facilitates penetration<ref name="taves2002">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> Frisch et al (2011) reported that women have "a range of frequent sexual difficulties, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfilment."<ref name="frisch2011">{{REFjournal |last=Frisch |first= |init=M |author-link=Morten Frisch |last2=Lindholm |first2= |init2=M |author2-link= |last3=Grønbæk |first3= |init3=M |author3-link= |etal=no |title=Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a survey-based, cross-sectional study in Denmark |trans-title= |language= |journal=Int J Epidemiol |date=2022-06-14 |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=1367-81 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ije/article-abstract/40/5/1367/658163?redirectedFrom=fulltext |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=21672947 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1093/ije/dyr104 |accessdate=2024-12-26}}</ref>

|author-link=Kristen O'Hara

It is now clear that the [[foreskin]] works within the vagina, to improve sensation, reduce friction, and conserve vaginal lubrication.<ref name="milos2022-05-09">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-why-is-sex-with-my-husband-painful/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Why Is Sex with My Husband Painful? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-05-09 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}</ref>

* NSFW {{REFweb URLwikipedia|url=http://acroposthion.com/sexual-intercourse/ Vagina|title=Sexual Intercourse |publisher=Acroposthion |last= |first= |accessdate=2020-12-26Vagina}}

* {{REFwebREFnews |title=A Cut Below |url=https://getmegiddywww.cirp.comorg/news/2007/foreskin2007-guide07-for-women?fd=5037708678751712|5178657338629138&lp=/foreskin-restoration |title=The Foreskin: A Guide for Women15_SFChronicle.php |last=WilliamsGuthmann |first=MadeleineEdward

|author-link= |publisher=GiddySan Francisco Chronicle |website= |date=20212007-0207-15 |accessdate=20232024-0107-0828 |quote=People are vociferous on the [[foreskin]] question, none more than Kristen O'Hara, the author of "Sex as Nature Intended It" (2002), in which she claims women are more likely to enjoy intercourse if their male partner is uncircumcised.

* {{REFwebREFnews |title=Circumcision: Social, Sexual, Psychological Realities |url=https://www.boldepsychologytoday.com/whatus/blog/moral-landscapes/201109/circumcision-learnedsocial-datingsexual-uncircumcisedpsychological-guy/realities |last=Darvaez |titlefirst=What I Learned From Dating An Uncircumcised Guy |lastinit=StraightDF |firstauthor-link=Kara |publisher=BoldePsychology Today |website= |date=20182011-0908-0318 |accessdate=20232024-0105-2509 |format= |quote=