Experimenting with ‘positions’

One of the regular readers of my blogs recently told me that since I write on things that are less talked about, one of the issues I can take up for writing is sex positions, as it is one of the most tabooed subjects in the Indian scenario. I have already discussed in my earlier blogs that today people are more open about sex – be it in discussions or in practising it. Therefore, it is surprising that there still remain things that people are not too open to discuss.

The sculptures at the Konark Temple and the Ajanta-Ellora suggest that experimenting with various sex positions was prevalent in India even in ancient times. But today, when it comes to different sex styles other than the traditional one – where the man is on the top – we give them names like doggy style, cowboy style, etc. These are names which we have learnt from the West. So just by the fact that the West gave these names and popularised them by depicting the same in their movies as well as in XXX movies, we feel that we are discussing/experimenting things which we have been influenced by the West.

However, fact remains that even today, most women, including the young ones, still prefer the traditional style when it comes to having sexual intercourse. My understanding says that the person on top is the one who has to be more active in the act. Therefore, the other person can basically ‘sit back’ and enjoy!

There are others who feel that trying out different positions during sex depends on the people concerned, as well on the compatibility of the partners. However, the person who encouraged me to take up this topic is of the opinion that modern women like trying out different styles during intercourse.

Few others are of the view that the cowboy style is the one that women prefer the most. Somebody told me that it is because of this sex position do we have the saying ‘women on top!’ From a biological point of view, it is said that since the cowboy style facilitates orgasm, many women prefer this sex position.

Opinions may vary, but the bottomline is that today people are open to experimentation when it comes to sex, although most like it the traditional way.