Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Gliding action is the term used to describe the motion of the foreskin during sexual intercourse. The foreskin is attached only at the pubic wall and behind the glans penis. It is, therefore, free to slide up and down the shaft of the penis during sexual intercourse. The gliding action greatly reduces friction during intromission and coitus, thereby reducing chaffing and irritation. External links Lakshmanan S, Prakash S. Human prepuce: some aspects of structure and function. Indian J Surg 1980;44:134-137. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/lakshmanan/ Warren J, Bigelow J. The case against circumcision. Br J Sex Med 1994; Sept/Oct: 6-8. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/general/warren2/ Taves D. The intromission function of the foreskin. Med Hypotheses 2002;59(2):180. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taves1/ This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.