1. “Speculum al foderi” is a 15th century book dedicated to sex poses. Sometimes translated as “Koitus’s Mirror” or literally “Mirror of Fucking”, it describes the art of various sex positions.
2. Although the missionary position is the most popular position in the United States, it is far from popular in the rest of the world.
3. The Latin name for the ‘doggy style’ is “coitus more ferarum“, which means ‘sexual act in the style of wild beasts’. In the Kama Sutra, an ancient Indian book, it is known as the “cow pose.”
4. Due to the lack of eye contact in the “doggy-style” sex position, some researchers believe that people have biologically moved away from this position in search of another that promotes intimacy, which in turn fosters a stable, lasting relationship.
5. The missionary pose is also called the “marriage pose,” “mom & dad pose,” and “European-American position.”
6. Sex position in which a woman is on her back can be unsafe in later stages of pregnancy. In particular, a woman should avoid lying on her back after 4 months of pregnancy, as the weight of the growing uterus can put pressure on the main blood vessels.
7. Astyana, Helen’s of Troy maid, wrote a sex handbook “On the Positions for Sexual Intercourse”. She was influenced by two other Greek erotic writers, such as Philaeni and Elephanti.
8. In Scene 1 of Otello’s act, William Shakespeare called the missionary position “a beast with two backs.”
9. Men who suffer from premature ejaculation often find that the position in which the woman is on-top helps their problem. For some, it reduces the sensitivity of the penis, which helps prevent culmination.
10. The term ‘missionary position’ is thought to have originated from Christian missionaries in the South Pacific or Africa. According to the missionaries, this was the “right” position for sex, because the Bible says that a man is superior to a woman in all things, including sex.
11. Most difficult sex positions are the standing ones. It often takes a lot of flexibility and balance to enjoy them.
12. In the Middle Ages, anal and oral sex were considered unnatural because none of them could lead to reproduction, which many purists considered to be the sole purpose of sex.
13. The position in which the partners sleep next to each other is one of the most comfortable and is ideal for the elderly, during pregnancy or after illness or surgery.
14. Some researchers believe that the best positions for conceiving are those in which the man is on-top, such as missionary. This provides deeper penetration so that sperm can enter the cervix more easily.
15. Women who are unable to orgasm in a missionary position claim that the chances of getting an orgasm increase by 56% when using the CAT method (Coital Alignment Technique). It is like a missionary position, except that the upper body of a man is further away from the woman and facing one side.
16. Some of the most interesting names for sex poses are scissors, crab, snake, rabbit, wheelbarrow, willow tree, groundhog and butterfly.
17. Sex poses in which a woman is on-top are the most dangerous for men. Almost half of all penile injuries occur when a woman is in this position. Half of the study participants reported hearing a crackling noise at the time of the injury. Auch!
18. Women consider these three poses to be the most unpleasant: 1) doggy style, 2) reverse cowgirl position, and 3) 69. The reason for this is that the doggy style is often painful, the reverse cowgirl is too awkward and uncomfortable, and 69 is too disturbing to really enjoy pleasure.
19. The Kama Sutra, written between the 1st and 4th centuries AD, describes 64 sex positions known as 64 Atrs. Its author, Vātsyāyana, believed that there were 8 types of intimacy multiplied by 8 positions in each, forming a total of 64. It describes love as a “divine union.”
20. In 1972, the British scientist and physician Alex Comfort (1920-2000) wrote The Joy of Sex, which describes more than 600 sex positions. The book was an international bestseller, and its popularity gave him the nickname “Dr. Sex.”
21. Gershon Legman (1917-1999), an American cultural critic and folklorist, recorded more than 3,000 sex positions during his lifetime. He died at the age of 65 after “excessive sexual effort.”
22. Although sex in water allows you to try creative sex positions, seawater, a pool, or a jacuzzi are full of all kinds of bacteria that can cause a urinary tract infection and other diseases. (Read more about it here).
23. In the Washington, sex positions other than missionary are technically illegal.
24. In the Middle Ages, doggy style sex was the most sinful position (except for anal sex). It was considered “bestial” because it confused the boundaries between man and animal.
25. In the Middle Ages, the punishment for “deviant” sex positions could be severe. For example, the penalty for having sex with a woman on-top was three years in prison. People feared that such positions would change the natural order of the “higher” man and the “lower” woman.
26. Albertus Magnus (1200-1280) was the first to rank sex poses from most acceptable to lowest: 1) missionary, 2) lying side by side, 3) sitting, 4) standing, and 5) tergo (from behind). He agreed with the church that the missionary position was the only completely “natural” position, but was more advanced in his beliefs that other positions might be appropriate for obese or sick people.
27. In the Middle Ages, some people believed that children conceived in a “unnatural” sex position could experience birth defects.
28. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) extended the definition of sodomy to include all sexual acts and positions except vaginal intercourse. Sodomy was punishable by death, such as mutilation, burning alive, or hanging.
29. The sex position, known as ’69 ‘, is named like that because the sex partners are inverted, similar to the numbers 6 and 9. In the Kama Sutra, this position is known as ‘the congress of crows’.
30. Dr. David Rubben’s book “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)” in 1960 was one of the first modern sex guides to discuss various sex positions and help incorporate the Kama Sutra into Western psychology.