Sexual Position

Lovers in the missionary position , Gustav Klimt , 1914.

A sexual position is how two or more partners are positioning their body in a sexual relationship. The range of possible positions is varied, allowing both a penetrative sex ( vaginal intercourse or anal ) that oral or masturbartoire.

Introduction

In the Kama Sutra in India, and The Prairie scented Arabia, the sexual act and how to practice are described as forms of art. On the sculptures Khajuraho , it has a religious significance. The sixty-four positions of the Kamasutra can be regarded as positions of yoga for a couple. In particular, Tantrism when practiced with a partner, is the supposed spiritual context for these positions.

We tend to confuse the West Kama Sutra and Tantra. The Kamasutra as a practical manual for use by sex lovers who are not free of spirituality and was written between the ^Second and the ^sixth century by Indian Vatsyayana believed that it was Brahman. This refers in his introduction to texts written around 1000 years before him and which we lost all trace. The Kama Sutra was revealed to Europeans in 1883 by English explorer Sir Richard F. Burton.

The origin of Tantra - the word derives from Sanskrit Tanot () meaning expansion and trayati () meaning liberation - in the mists of time, he became interested in sexuality and has developed a branch called the Way left hand versus the right hand lane, and most austere branch tantric sexual practices that do not.

Tantrism is not between carnal and spiritual experiences, they are for him part of one whole and complement each philosophical system that has developed sophisticated techniques and very accurate using carnal practices to achieve spiritual experiences. Contrary to popular belief, its purpose is not to increase the sexual pleasure which is for him a stepping stone to mystical ecstasy.

Often persecuted, including the sexual connotation, Tantrism was mainly transmitted orally and has left very few writings, the text reference Tantra Vijnana Bhairava Tantra is the ( ).

Nomenclature

There is no fixed and universally accepted nomenclature of sexual positions. The terms used by guides and websites often differ from source to source, when the author does not invent a term itself a position to name anonymous. In many cases, the jargon of the pornography industry has entered the vernacular, it has the advantage of being explicit. Medical nomenclature, however, is often vague and unknown to the general public.

List of positions

Before enumerating the various positions arising from the imagination of men, it seems useful to recall that Nature had intended that sexual activity is not exclusively oriented toward procreation but also fun. Just observe the many erogenous zones to be convinced. And if one compares the volume of human ejaculate and its lesser degree of fluidity than other higher mammals it is understood that the intention was not to increase the chances of fertilization. The independence of the phases of sexual desire in women and periods conducive to fertilization is another confirmation. The privileged position was, like almost all hominids and other higher mammals, the position back, however, adapted to the vulnerability of man in prehistoric times. Indeed, human predators were numerous and ubiquitous (cats, snakes, other men, etc. ...). It was therefore essential to monitor the surroundings and for that to remain vertical or near vertical. Especially if the report was last ... (it is interesting to note that the length of reports in the animal world is still fairly directly proportional to their vulnerability to potential predators). The most common position was: vertical and back.

This finding also explains some anatomical details that have nothing to chance:

1 - this position induces vaginal penetration from behind and better able to solicit the front of the vagina: where are concentrated many sensory nerve endings, including the famous G spot This being caressed by the face underside of the penis, especially the brakes and the small bumps located at the base, which increases the feeling of friction and excitement for more pleasure for both partners.

2 - you remember that southern Africa was the cradle of humanity and that it is there that the man took the upright to walk upright. We also know that this has resulted in women especially, by an arch, a rejection of the pelvis backwards. And the gluteal prominence again more successful nowadays characterizes - and part of the charm - the African woman. But this rejection could cause some difficulties for the man in the position above-mentioned ... Nature would have accompanied this evolution by gradually adjusting the sex of the man to continue to allow satisfactory penetration. Hence the anatomical feature that is found even in men from certain African ethnic groups.

Relations genital

The genitals of both partners come into contact and rub. Many, many positions are possible.

Between man and woman

The intercourse between man and woman may have a penetration , which is called coitus, where the penis in erection is then inserted into the vagina before going back and forth, or be deprived, in which case the penis and vulva will only rub against each other.

Face to face, lying

Missionary position. Indian erotic art ^nineteenth century.

These are probably the most used positions in the West. The most common is the missionary position. The missionary position has many variations, the woman can have her legs in different ways, and stretched his legs apart, bent legs apart, legs around the waist of the man, or it may (if it is sufficiently flexible) put one or two legs on the shoulders of man. That position is one of the most conducive to the stimulation of the G spot , if it exists. The lovers may also make a change: if a man is tired, the woman is then lying on the man: it is the reverse missionary. They can also be coated on the side ( Union of the Eagle ).

Some positions listed:

• Missionary - The most common position in the Western world ^{From the back}
  

  

  Doggy-style lovers. Painting Johann Nepomuk Geiger

  These are the positions where the woman has her back to her partner, or to perform a penetration vaginal penetration or anal.

  The most common is the position of the greyhound which the woman is on all fours and the man on his knees. According to the pleasure and the desire of partners, the woman's legs may be more or less apart and back more or less pointed. The movement can be made by both partners. The woman may be lying at full length, man is then coated over and must rely on his arms. When partners are lying side by side, they are in the position known as spoons.

  In the position known as the wheelbarrow , the woman leans on the hands or elbows while the man is standing and raises his legs.

  Some positions listed:

  • Greyhound
  • Spoons or 99
  • Wheelbarrow

  The woman above

  

  

  The woman above. Mural of Pompeii

  In these positions, the man is mostly lying on his back, and the woman straddles opposite him or back, squatting or kneeling.

  Some positions listed:

  • Andromache, swing ...

  Positions sitting and kneeling

  Among these positions require some support, like a chair , for example, to be executed.

  Some positions listed:

  • Drunken Boat - The man kneels beside a bed to penetrate his partner who is lying on it.
  • Union of the lotus - partners are both sitting.

  Standing

  

  

  Position standing face to face. Indian sculpture of Orissa in the XIII ^century

  Finally, partners can be standing, thereby having a particular sex in an intimate small (lifts, toilets, restaurant ...) while remaining fully clothed. Front, lovers can rely on a cabinet or against a wall. If man's fitness, it can also be his partner. Back, just the woman to lean forward and the man to penetrate. This position can be very pleasant or very uncomfortable depending on the sizes of the two reciprocal partners. Attention also in this case furtive sex, that is sufficient vaginal lubrication for penetration.

  To promote the design

  There is a misconception that some positions favor or oppose the pregnancy. In fact, it can occur regardless of the position used to love a woman capable of ovulation and a man not sterile healthy: the sperm are still able to reach the uterus and fertilize go the egg.

  ^{During pregnancy}

  During pregnancy , the lovers can make love taking care not to compress the belly of the woman. Some positions are better suited than others, in particular:

  • the position of the spoons ;
  • the greyhound ;
  • various positions overlap.

  Rare

  Acrobatics

  Certain positions may be implemented only if one partner (or both) has (have) the strength, flexibility or balance sufficient such as the anal pear.

  Between two men

  

  

  Frot

  Two men may have sexual relations exclusively genitals, rubbing their penises against each other until orgasm while kissing. Usually face to face, many positions are possible for the lovers, including standing, lying, sitting, etc.. The majority of sexual positions described in heterosexuals can also be performed by two men. This practice is more fully described in the pages in English under the name of rubbing or scrubbing, and their practitioners are appointed goy in English when they practice it exclusively.

  One of the two partners can also masturbate his partner and himself by grasping both penis with one hand, the practice of sodomy among both men is also possible.

  Between two women

  

  

  Tribadism

  Genital sex between two women is called tribadism. They can put themselves in position of scissors to rub her vulva and clitoris until orgasm.

  Oral Sex

  During oral sex, the genitals of one partner are stimulated by the mouth , the lips , the tongue of another, or even the throat in cases of "Deep Throat".

  Cunnilingus

  In the case of a cunnilingus (or cunnilinctus), a man or woman excites buccally the vulva and the clitoris of his partner.

  Possible positions for cunnilingus:

  • The woman lies on her back as in the missionary position. Partner before she goes to bed between his legs.
  • The partner is seated and woman standing before him looking the other hand, leans forward.
  • The partner is seated. The woman standing before him may arch his back to create more intense stimulation.
  • The partner is lying on his back while the woman kneels over him and positioned her vulva to her mouth.
  • The woman performed oral sex on her own. Although few women who could get there.
  • The woman is standing or not supported against a wall. The partner kneels facing her.
  • The woman sits on a chair or on the bed. Her partner kneels in front of her.
  • The woman is positioned upside down (using your hands, held by its partner, or bondage or furniture), the partner stands in front or behind it, standing or kneeling in the vertical. Such a position can be difficult to make or maintain for a long period, but the increase in blood pressure in the head can change the effect of stimulation generated.
  • The woman stands on her hands and rests his legs on each side of the head of her partner. Stimulation and comfort vary considerably depending on whether the woman is held back or side.

  Oral

  In the case of a blowjob , a man or woman excites buccally the penis and testicles of his partner.

  Some positions listed:

  • The man lies on his back and the woman kneeling between her legs
  • The man lies on his back and the woman lies next to his legs
  • The man sits on a chair and the woman kneels in front of him between his legs
  • The man stands up and the woman kneels in front of him or sits on a chair facing the man
  • From the missionary position the man puts his penis no longer in the vagina of the woman but in her mouth
  • The woman lies on her back with her head thrown back on the edge of the bed. The man who stands beside the bed, thus introducing his penis into the mouth of his partner. This position is normally used for Deep Throat
  • Man practicing fellatio on his own penis ( autofellatio )

  Relations simultaneous

  

  

  69 between man and woman. Engraving Felicien Rops
  • 69 - Simultaneous oral sex. Each partner, whether male or female, stimulates oral sex from another (see illustration), one lying on his back, the other on top.
  • This can be done with both partners lying on their side, or even one partner standing and the other upside down.

  Relations anal

  Most positions involving scenes of genital can be adapted to make anal intercourse, especially those where the woman turns her back on her partner. However, sometimes there are some difficulties due to the angle difference between the vagina and rectum. Conversely, there have only vaginal intercourse in the missionary position becomes penetration anorectal unintentional and violent under the combined effect of a movement too loose from the man, and expelled from the vagina and a favorable angle, legs bent toward the chest of the woman. Other configurations may have the same consequences but may, in all cases result in trauma, both psychological and physical, for the woman.

  Masturbation

  The masturbation is the act of exciting the genitals or anus of a (e) partner or yourself with one hand.

  Some positions listed:

  • A woman can masturbate by stimulating her clitoris with your hand, or by introducing one or more fingers in her vagina.
  • Similarly, we can introduce their fingers into the anus of a man or a woman.
  • An alternative is to enter the vagina or anus a fist full: the fist fucking.
  • It is also possible to masturbate a man with feet.
  • It is possible to masturbate a man using his chest. To do this, refer to section tie notary.

  Other positions

  Imagination human sexuality probably knows no limit, it would be pretentious to make a comprehensive list of other positions, though some of them, by their recurrence, are entered into the vocabulary of sexuality, such as :

  • Tit - The penis is placed between the breasts of a woman. One of the two partners is then pressure on it to the rod is compressed between the breasts. If man is back with his partner (which amounts to squat at his neck or his face) with his penis "pointing" toward the lower body of his partner, it is called tie notary.
  • Colt intercrural - The penis is surrounded by the other partner's thighs, and eventually rub vulva , the scrotum or perineum.
  • There is also another position where the penis rubs the ass without penetrating the anus.

  Use of special media

  Most sex takes place in a bed or on another platform (ground, table , chair , ...). To try other positions, shops erotic materials for sex emerged. Among other things, systems for example to suspend his or her partner into the air, making the sensations during penetration totally different.

  Group Sex

  

  

  Sex to four. Edouard Henri Avril

  More than two people can have sex together, that's what we call " group sex "or" orgy ". Colloquially called "orgy". Other positions are possible.

  • Two men and a woman can love a man and a woman having vaginal intercourse or anal penetrating the third one or the other anally. The woman can also do a fellatio on one of its partners and have vaginal intercourse or anal intercourse with another.
  • Two women and a man can love a man and a woman having vaginal intercourse while licking and sucking vulva and anus of the second wife.
  • A third person can lick and suck sex with a male-female couple as they make love.
  • A group of men, women, or both, may lie on its side in a circle, each one to fellatio or cunnilingus to the following (see illustration).
  • Gang Bang : A man or woman has sex with many men. The case of a man who has sex with a large group of women is called reverse gang bang.
  • Bukkake : a group of men ejaculate in turn on a person (man or woman)
  • Men can form a circle to masturbate each neighbor.
  • They can also keep a hand on each of the previous penis, and put a finger into the anus of another.
  • Finally, they can also penetrate anally online, first entering the second entering the third, etc.. This group position is commonly called skewer or tail-leu-leu. Disadvantage: the first and last of the line may feel aggrieved. To offset this, the second in the queue can masturbate first, while the penultimate place one or more fingers into the anus of the latter.

  Multiple Penetrations

  To enter, you can use your fingers , and sex toys (especially women with strap-on ), or even toes , or, more conventionally, the penis. You can actually use any object with a vaguely phallic shape.

  • Double Penetration : Penetration of two simultaneous openings of one person by two others ( Vagina and anus , vagina and mouth and anus or mouth).
  • Double penetration anal penetration simultaneous two penises or other objects into the anus.
  • Double vaginal penetration: Penetration of simultaneous two penises or other objects into the vagina.
  • Triple Penetration : Penetration of two simultaneous penis into the vagina and a penis into the anus, or penis into the vagina and two in the anus, or even one in the vagina, another in the anus and last in the mouth.
  • Quadruple Penetration: Penetration of two simultaneous penis into the vagina and two penises in the anus. Also called DADV (DADV = Double Vaginal Double Anal).

  Origin of sexual positions

  Most doctors and sexologists ^{eighteenth-early} twentieth ^century believed that there was an instinct of reproduction. For this reason, all sexual positions that do not allow vaginal intercourse should necessarily come from a moral vice or a disruption of the sexual instinct .

  In the 2000s, research in neuroscience have shown that humans stimulate their erogenous zones because it provides rewards / reinforcements in the brain . These awards , especially the climax , are perceived in terms of consciousness as sensations of pleasure and erotic pleasures. In simple terms, human beings seek sexual activities as they provide intense erotic pleasures.

  In the human being (and the chimpanzee , the bonobo , the orang utan and the Dauphin ), sexual behavior is no longer a breeding behavior , but becomes an erotic behavior . During the evolution , the importance and influence of hormones and pheromones ^, on sexual behavior has decreased. Instead, the importance of awards has become a major . In humans, the purpose of sexual behavior is more vaginal intercourse but the search for pleasure erotic stimulation provided by the body and erogenous zones .

  Main article: erotic behavior.

  For these reasons, people seek different positions of the body that can best stimulate the erogenous zones ( clitoris , vagina , penis , lips , tongue , anus , breasts ...). The sexual positions are determined by the shape of human bodies, the location of erogenous zones , and the search for maximum erotic pleasure. Some positions are being tested to search for novelty and experience other sensations erotic.

  The positions preferred are those that provide the most erotic pleasure, the intense stimulation of the penis and the clitoris. These are all positions that allow vaginal or anal, oral sex or fellatio , with simultaneous stimulation of several erogenous zones (eg the position 69 or position 99 with simultaneous vaginal penetration by the penis, stimulation of the clitoris with your hand, and a kiss with lips and tongue).

  Practice various sexual positions, try new, even if they are unusual, is "biologically normal". In humans, the purpose of erotic behavior is the pursuit of sexual pleasures, new, varied and intense .

  References

  1. The missionary position: most common in the West
  2. Richard Krafft-Ebing. Psychopathia Sexualis, Agora, 1999 edition
  3. ^{a and b} (in) AGMO Anders Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior Elsevier, 2007.
  4. The distinctions between "lifestyle", "reproductive behavior" and "erotic behavior" are explained in sections erotic behavior and reproductive behavior. These expressions have been proposed by the authors Martin Johnson and Barry Everitt in their book Reproduction (Oxford University Press 2001), to take account of behavioral and neurobiological differences in sexual behavior between species. The book presents the most experimental verification of this distinction is Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior of the Anders AGMO neurobiologist.
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  8. (en) WUNSCH Serge, PhD on sexual behavior See also

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