Excerpted from "Sex in the Romance: A Review of Romantic Encounters of the Close Kind".

(copyright John L. Ferri 1994, jlferri@epix.net)

Penetration

If any single act is ever equated with sex, it is the act of penetration, the consummation of all the previous social maneuverings of conversation and dating and kissing and whatever other precursors there may be. From first meeting to ground zero can span from under an hour to years. But it's the point of no return. The relationship has taken new direction, positive or negative, never again to return to its former circumstances. It seems so complicated to get to an act that evolved simply to propagate the species.

Evolving "simply" to propagate the species doesn't mean that propagating the species is simple. Different species use different tactics. Some use quantity, where through sheer volume sufficient offspring survive to fulfill their genetic prophecy. Others use quality, where few offspring are produced but, because of a high investment of parental nurturing, a significant percentage survive. Some use a combination of the two. The human species is among those that use the quality mode.

But the quality scenario has a potential serious side effect. Fewer offspring require fewer matings, and fewer matings provide more time for other activities -- like looking for someone else to mate with. Fortunately, humans have evolved to be the only species known that has sex for a purpose other than procreation -- pleasure.

Non-human females are receptive to mating only when they have a high probability of being impregnated. The male receives this message through odors and obvious external physical signs so that he knows when the female is receptive. Unfortunately she is receptive for only a few days a month.

The human female gives no such obvious signs. Chemists haven't yet detected any chemicals given off by receptive females nor are there any obvious external signals. But the human female is potentially receptive most of the time and with no correlation to the probability of impregnation.

Unfortunately, men are basically not too smart and need to be told about this. So, women if you want us, please let us know.

The most frequent reference to the act of penetration is some form of "thrust" at 14%. Others commonly used were "entered" at 9%, "slid into" or "slipped into" at 8%, "plunged" at 7%, "drove into" at 6%, and "filled" at 5%.

The complete list is:

• Accepted him
  
• accepted the thrust
  
• accepting all he could give her
  
• as he took her
  
• bring him home full measure
  
• buried himself deep inside her
  
• buried himself to the hilt
  
• buried himself
  
• burying himself all the way
  
• came to her
  
• came together explosively
  
• came together
  
• claimed her
  
• cry of pleasure
  
• driving into her
  
• drove his manhood
  
• drove into her
  
• drove up into her
  
• eased herself down onto him
  
• eased himself inside her
  
• eased himself into her
  
• eased himself just barely inside her
  
• eased into her
  
• embedding himself deeply
  
• entered her fully in one deep thrust
  
• entered her with a driving thrust
  
• entered her
  
• filled her completely
  
• filled her in one swift motion
  
• filled her to the hilt
  
• filled her
  
• glided upward, deep inside her
  
• ground his molten member into her
  
• guided her down on hi
  
• guided himself slowly, inch by incredible inch, inside
  
• he replaced his hard fingers with his even harder arousal
  
• he took her
  
• hot flesh slid into her
  
• hot glide of flesh to flesh
  
• imbedded himself
  
• impaled her
  
• impaling her on his straining shaft
  
• inside her
  
• into her
  
• into the heated core of her
  
• joined his body to hers
  
• joined their bodies
  
• joined
  
• joining his body to hers
  
• lowered herself gingerly
  
• lowered herself
  
• merging
  
• moved hard into her
  
• moved to accept him
  
• nudged inside
  
• plunged deep
  
• plunged deeply
  
• plunged his manhood
  
• plunged inside her
  
• plunged into her
  
• plunging hotness penetrated
  
• plunging into her glistening moistness
  
• possess the lily
  
• powerful fullness entered and filled her
  
• pressed into her sweetness
  
• probed her
  
• pulling her down
  
• pumping caress from his manhood
  
• pushed into her
  
• resisting flesh spli
  
• sank down on him
  
• sank himself into her, again and again
  
• sharp penetration
  
• sheathed him completely
  
• sheathed him slowly
  
• sheathed himself inside her
  
• slid her down until she enveloped him
  
• slid inside her
  
• slid into her warmth
  
• slid into her
  
• slid into the hot, sweet pleasure
  
• slid together with ease
  
• slid together
  
• sliding down upon him
  
• slipped inside
  
• slipped into her
  
• slotted together
  
• speared her
  
• surrendered
  
• take him inside
  
• taking him in
  
• tenderly he entered her
  
• the barrier was gone
  
• their bodies joined
  
• thrust deep, filling her
  
• thrust deep inside her
  
• thrust deep inside
  
• thrust deeply into her
  
• thrust him deep inside her
  
• thrust himself into her
  
• thrust his hardness into her softness
  
• thrust inside her
  
• thrust into her
  
• thrust of his manhood
  
• thrust wildly inside her
  
• thrusting deep
  
• took all of him
  
• up into her
  
• wanting became reality