Missionary (Sex Position)

What is the Missionary Sex Position?

Missionary is the name of a popular sex position in which the woman lies on her back with her legs spread and the man on top. Especially popular among straight couples, missionary is seen as a particularly intimate and romantic sex position.

Alongside doggy style and cowgirl, missionary is the most prevalent and best-known sex position in the world. While I’m referring to bottom women and top men to describe missionary (it’s just easier like that), this sexual position is favored by people of all genders and orientations, including gays and lesbians.

Unfortunately, the sheer existence of gay missionary sex is still surprising to many straight people.

Variations of the Missionary Sex Position

A favorite for both vaginal and anal sex, the missionary sex position has a few interesting variations:

  • Wrap-around: In which the woman wraps her legs around the man;
  • Leg glider: In which one of the woman’s sides is completely laid on the bed;
  • Hook: In which the woman rests her legs on the man’s shoulders.
Missionary sex position
The man is on top and the woman lies on her back with her legs spread.

Getting the Most Out of Missionary

The experts suggest that incorporating a pillow in missionary can be one of the most effective ways of increasing female pleasure. The pillow will cause the man’s body to rub directly against the woman’s clitoris, hence increasing the likeliness of female orgasm.