What is deep?

[UnexperiencedLady]

Today my boyfriend asked me if i was "deep." Im assuming he's talking about my vagina, "the hole", whatever you wanna call it. I've never heard this type of question before. We haven't had sex yet, (BTW im not a virgin), and I'm not exactly sure what this means, are females supposed to be deep? And how do i know if i am or not? Any information &/or advice would be helpful, thanks.

[thetease13]

Um, the canal is roughly I think 3 inches "deep". Some are a little more shallow, some are a little deeper.

I would assume he asked because he wants to fit "all of him" in there, which logically, he should be, unless he's extremely above average.

The vagina will accomidate itself to fit him.

[Brandye]

The typical vagina in its normal state is 7-8 cm - about three inches. During sexual arousal, the vagina "balloons" and gets both deeper and wider. This is part of your body getting ready to accept a penis; it also forms lubrication at this time. It will become another few centimeters deep and the widened "barrel" will allow it to stretch.

The vaginal walls are about forty cells thick. The way these are linked allows them to stretch greatly. The sense of depth of penetration we get when we take a penis into us is a result of this being stretched. There are no nerves in the vagina so we really feel nothing in there. The tension that the stretched vagina puts on the lips, muscles and external genitals "feels like depth."

We each have our preferences but, as a practical matter, there are almost no penis' that any of us cannot accept. Depth really does not matter for a normal, biological woman.