Elephant Posture
M/F · Vaginal penetration · From behind
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Keypoint template
Attributes
- Position family
- One-on-one
- Primary act
- Vaginal penetration
- Partner arrangement
- From behind
- Penetration type
- Vaginal
- Facing
- Front to back
- Dynamics
- Thrusting
- Support / surface
- Flat surface / bed
- Participant count
- Two
- Composition code
- M/F
- Source medium
- Both
- Physical difficulty
- Low
- Prevalence in adult media
- Common
- Intensity tier (compliance)
- Explicit
Common camera framing
Description: The receiving partner lies face down and flat with the penetrating partner stretched along the back, entering from behind. The classical name comes from the low, heavy line of the two bodies pressed together rather than from any animal movement.
Variations: Legs together or slightly parted, a pillow under the hips to raise the angle, or the receiving partner's arms drawn forward to lengthen the spine.
On camera: Difficult to shoot because the upper body covers the contact point almost completely. Overhead framing is the usual answer, with profile used for the body line rather than the act.
AI design considerations: Two prone figures stacked with near-parallel spines. Keep a visible offset at the shoulders, since perfectly aligned figures fuse into one silhouette.
Historical provenance
Where this position appears in historical sex manuals, erotic art & literature · full timeline →
- Aibhika (the elephant posture)Indian (Gupta era) →
Kama Sutra — Vatsyayana · c. 3rd century CE
The receiving partner lying face down, entered from behind.
Related positions
Part of the Erotic Pose Catalog open dataset · CC BY 4.0 · keypoints are idealised COCO-17 templates.