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Doggy style is a sex position in which one participant bends over, crouches on all fours (usually on hands and knees), or lies on their abdomen, for sexual intercourse, other forms of sexual penetration or other sexual activity. Doggy style is a form of rear-entry position, others being the spoons sex position in which the receiving partner lies on their side<ref name="Kar">Template:Cite book</ref> or the reverse cowgirl sex position. Non-penetrative sex in this position may also be regarded as doggy style.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Between sex partners, the person in the doggy style position is usually passive,<ref name=Comfort>Template:Cite book</ref> while the other partner is active (although sometimes it can be the other way around if the person in doggy position backs up into their partner behind them). Either partner may be the dominant partner or the submissive partner.<ref name=Comfort />
History and etymologyEdit
In ancient Rome, this practice was known as coitus more ferarum, Latin for "sexual intercourse in the manner of wild beasts."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Lucretius said it was "generally thought" this manner was best for conception: the proper parts could "take the seeds with chests laid down and loins raised up."<ref>(De rerum natura IV 1263-67; translation Robert D. Brown)</ref><ref>CUNEIFORM MONOGRAPHS 14 BIRTH IN BABYLONIA AND THE BIBLE ITS MEDITERRANEAN SETTING M. Stol With a Chapter by F.A.M. Wiggermann snx PUBLICATIONS GRONINGEN Copyright 2000 M. Stol and F.A.M. Wiggennann STYX Publications, Groningen ISBN 90 72371 89 5 ISSN 0929-0052 STYX Publications Postbus 2659 9704 CR GRONINGEN THE NETHERLANDS </ref>
EnglishEdit
The specific origin of the term doggy style is not known, but is presumably a reference to the initial position assumed by dogs when mating. It is described in the Kama Sutra as the cow position or the congress of a cow,<ref name="kama">The Kama Sutra, as given at Template:Cite book</ref> and is listed in The Perfumed Garden.<ref name="garden">Template:Cite book</ref>
PracticesEdit
The posture adopted by the receiving partner resembles lordosis behaviour – a physical posture seen in many female mammals, often when they are ready for sex/mating, the primary characteristic of which is a ventral arching of the spine. During vaginal penetration from behind, the penis may penetrate deeper into the vagina, reaching preferential contact with the posterior wall of the vagina and probably reaching the posterior fornix; while in the missionary position, it is in preferential contact with the anterior wall of the vagina and the tip of the penis can reach the anterior fornix.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
In this position, the receiving partner implicitly gives the active partner a carte blanche over their body. Besides other potential sex acts, the active partner may also massage or stimulate the receiving partner's erogenous zones, such as the genitals, nipples, buttocks, administer a spanking,<ref name="Kar" /><ref name= Rogiere>Rogiere, Jean, The Little Book of Sex. Ulysses Press, 2001. Template:ISBN, 96 pages.</ref> or introduce a sex toy, such as a dildo or vibrator, into the vagina or anus. The doggy position may be erotic or sexually provocative for participants.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Advantages and disadvantagesEdit
Doggy style may be a preferred sex position if either partner has back issues or some other medical conditions. During doggy style, the scrotum sometimes provides friction to the clitoris, thus possibly producing an orgasm or sexual stimulation in the woman.<ref>Janssen, Erick, Nicole Prause, and James H. Geer. "The sexual response." Handbook of psychophysiology (2007): 245-266</ref><ref name="Human Reproductive Biology">Template:Cite book</ref> For some women, doggy style sex helps to stimulate an area that may be termed "the G-spot". However, this position may offer only minimal stimulation of the clitoris; so some women may require finger stimulation to achieve orgasm. Some men however, may be able to stimulate the G-spot and clitoris simultaneously using the penis and the scrotum respectively during doggy style sex.<ref name="Human Reproductive Biology"/>
Doggy style offers benefits as a sex position in group sex, such as during a threesome. Doggy style allows the passive partner to perform fellatio on male participant (termed "spitroast") or to perform cunnilingus on a female participant.
Some women may feel vulnerable in this position, as it requires and implies a level of trust and a surrender of control by the receiving to the active partner.<ref name=Keesling/> However, some women find this transfer of control to the partner arousing. According to the book Sexual Pleasure by Barbara Keesling, many established couples find doggy style relationship-affirming.<ref name=Keesling>Template:Cite book</ref>
Some consider doggy style to be unromantic.<ref name="Kar" /> The position is considered by some to be less intimate because eye contact and kissing are more difficult. However, in a 2018 survey of millennials it was found to be the most popular sex position.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
As a theme in artEdit
Doggy style has been known in most cultures in all times, and has been depicted in art:
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Pompeii – Osteria della Via di Mercurio
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Kama Sutra – A Mughal couple performing doggy-style
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Utamaro, 1799
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Édouard-Henri Avril – Hadrian and Antinous in the doggy style position
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Achille Devéria – a couple having doggy style sex