الفهرس 
Female Sexual FunctionOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Foreplay is a set of emotionally and physically intimate acts between two
partners meant to create sexual arousal and desire for sexual activity. Although
foreplay is typically understood as physical sexual activity, nonphysical activities,
such as mental or verbal acts, may in some contexts be foreplay.
Foreplay can make sex more exciting. For example, kissing releases
oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine. These feel-good hormones can reduce stress
and help you get out of your own head while you’re with your partner and enjoy
sex even more. Foreplay also helps get your body ready for sex. When enjoying
foreplay, you may notice your heart pounding. It causes an increase in blood flow
to your genitals and helps lubricate the vagina. This makes sex more pleasurable
and helps prevent pain during intercourse.
Sexual role-playing or sex games can create sexual interest. These games
can be played in a variety of situations, and have been enhanced by technology.
This type of extended foreplay can involve SMS messaging, phone calls, online
chat, or other forms of distance communication, which are intended to stimulate
fantasizing about the forthcoming encounter. This tantalization builds up sexual
tension.
The aim of this study was to clear the importance of foreplay in a sample
of Egyptian women. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 310 Married
females with regular sexual relationship attending at the clinics of Menoufia
University Hospital.
The results of the current study showed that:
Most of the participants reported that their husbands were interested in
foreplay during love making (81.6%). Most of couples do foreplay almost
every time of sexual intercourse (72.2%). 34.8% of the participants reported
that they play an active role in foreplay. The most preferred action in foreplay
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was caressing (34.5%) followed by nipple foreplay (27.7%). Most of the
participants obtain orgasm during foreplay (60%). 64.5% of participants’
husbands do flirting during daily life and 34.5% were affected by it.
Most of the participants reported that their husbands stimulate their clitoris
during foreplay (78.4%), and (41.9%) of them liked that their husbands
stimulate their genitalia orally.
Clitoris was the most sensitive erogenous zone for most of participants
(62.3%) followed by breast.
There was significant relation between interest in foreplay by participants’
and age it significantly decreased with age. Young participants significantly
practice foreplay during love making. Having an active role during foreplay
was significantly related to women’s age it was higher in younger age. Nipple
foreplay was the most preferred type of foreplay in young age followed by
Caressing. Ability to reach orgasm during foreplay was significantly higher
in young age.
Husbands of women with marriage duration of more than 15 years were less
interested in foreplay than those married for less than 5 years. Women with
marriage duration less than 5 preferred nipple foreplay followed by kissing
and caressing.
Women without genital mutilation had significantly active role in foreplay.
Nipple foreplay was the most preferred in genitally mutilated women and
caressing is the most preferred among non genitally mutilated women.
Reaching orgasm was significantly higher in non genitally mutilated women.