penetration is not just about man & women, or skin to skin….
There is also something els going on that is extremely intimate.,
When penetrated sexually by another person (penis, dildo, finger, etc….), you are allowing someone to enter you in a very intimate, trusting, way (even if it is with a dildo)… the (penetrator) other person is controlling how fast, hard, deep, etc…
It allows you to be vulnerable and trusting with that person…. Knowing that person can hurt you (by being too rough).. but they dont… the penetrator has power over you in the moment,,,
personally speaking… it is that intimacy that makes penetration pleasurable… (its not physically pleasurable without that connection)…
In that situation where you are inviting to be penetrated… embracing your own vulnerability, trusting… etc… On the other side of it, the penetrator has the power, has been invited to enter, has to be gentle and follow the reactions and body language… feeling a connectedness from doing "it" to the other… rather than with the other (for a lack of words)…