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sexual penetration
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sexual activity that involves inserting a person's body part into another person
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- Instance of
- human sexual behavior
- Image
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- Sexual penetration
- opposite of
- non-penetrative sex
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Encyclopedic overview
Penile-vaginal penetration occurring in the missionary position, depicted by Édouard-Henri Avril
Sexual penetration is the insertion of a body part or other object into a body orifice, such as the vagina, mouth, or anus, as part of human sexual activity or sexual behavior in non-human animals.
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