Editing Coital alignment technique (section)

==Technique==
When used as a variant of the missionary position, the male lies above the female but moves upward along the woman's body, until his erection, which would otherwise point "up," is pointing "down", with the [[Dorsal (anatomy)|dorsal]] side of the [[Human penis|penis]] pressing against the clitoris.<ref name="Kar">{{cite book|author=Nilamadhab Kar|author2=Gopal Chandra Kar|title=Comprehensive Textbook of Sexual Medicine|publisher=[[Jaypee Brothers| Jaypee Brothers Publishers]]|pages=108|isbn=8180614050|year=2005|accessdate=February 10, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxcjMPbGHQIC&pg=PA108}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> By adopting this ‘pelvic-override’ position, the male achieves a fundamental genital 'circuitry': vaginal penetration in coitus with constant direct contact between the base of the penis and the clitoris.<ref name="pierce 2000">{{cite journal |last1=Pierce |first1=Aaron Paul |title=The Coital Alignment Technique (CAT): An Overview of Studies |journal=Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy |date=July 2000 |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=257–268 |doi=10.1080/00926230050084650 |pmid=10929574|s2cid=45546508 }}</ref>

The partners then maintain their genital contact by coordinating their sexual movement.<ref name="pierce 2000"/> Instead of engaging in the familiar 'in and out' motion of coital thrusting, the partners hold their penile-clitoral connection together by simultaneously exerting genital pressure and counterpressure in a rocking or grinding motion.<ref name="pierce 2000"/> As opposed to the missionary position, the male's body moves downward (relative to the female's) during the inward stroke, and upward for the outward stroke.<ref name="Kar"/> Sexual movement is focused in the [[Pelvis|pelvises]], without leverage from the arms or legs.<ref name="Kar"/>

The male leads the downward stroke and the female the upward stroke, with the partner who is moving the pelvis backward exerting a slight but firm counterpressure.<ref name="pierce 2000"/> The female may also wrap her legs around the male.<ref name="Kar"/> The rocking downward and upward sexual movement builds arousal that the partners let develop and peak naturally.<ref name="Kar"/>

The woman on top variant is known as the reverse coital alignment technique.<ref name=reversecat>{{cite book|last1=Harper|first1=Dawn|title=The Sex Deck Playful Positions to Spice Up Your Love Life.|date=2006|publisher=Chronicle Books Llc|isbn=0811853578|pages=16}}<!--|accessdate=6 August 2014--></ref>