Alfred Kinsey categorized six primary positions, The earliest known European medieval text dedicated to sexual positions is the Speculum al foderi, (The Mirror of Coitus) a 15th-century Catalan text discovered in the 1970s. Different sex positions result in differences in the depth and angle of sexual penetration. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, believed to have been written in the 1st to 6th centuries, has a notorious reputation as a sex manual. Philaenis of Samos, possibly a hetaira ( courtesan) of the Hellenistic period (3rd–1st century BC). In the Greco-Roman era, a sex manual was written by

Sex manuals typically present a guide to sex positions. History A love scene sculpture from the Sunga period (c. There are numerous sex positions that participants may adopt in any of these types of sex acts some authors have argued that the number of sex positions is essentially limitless. Other acts may include stimulation by a device ( sex toy), such as a dildo or vibrator. This may also involve a fourth category, manual sex, which is stimulating the genitals or anus by using fingers or hands. Three categories of sexual activity are commonly practiced: vaginal sex, anal sex, and oral sex (mouth-on-genital or mouth-on-anus stimulation). Though sexual intercourse generally involves penetration of the body of one person by another, sex positions commonly involve penetrative or non-penetrative sexual activities. Sexual acts are generally described by the positions the participants adopt in order to perform those acts.

For the narrative technique used in film and television, see Sexposition.Ī sex position is a position of the body that people use for sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. This article is about the body positions used for sexual intercourse.

Karma sutra position from behind