Sufficient foreplay causes the vagina to lengthen, widen, and change angle, which can reduce pain during intercourse for women.

“if there's not enough foreplay, you don't actually change the angle of the vagina or change the angle of the canal. Um, and so you will experience more pain. You'll have the tightness of the pelvic floor muscles and pain fosters pain. You can get into a pain cycle. And so actually appropriate amount of foreplay allowing the angle of the vagina to to change can allow women to participate in positions most commonly we call doggy style or sort of deeper penetration positions which can then be sort of a part of your repertoire if you're interested in that.”