Mare's Position
M/F · Vaginal penetration · Receiving partner on top
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Keypoint template
Attributes
- Position family
- One-on-one
- Primary act
- Vaginal penetration
- Partner arrangement
- Receiving partner on top
- Penetration type
- Vaginal
- Facing
- Face to face
- Dynamics
- Static hold
- Support / surface
- Flat surface / bed
- Participant count
- Two
- Composition code
- M/F
- Source medium
- Illustrative
- Physical difficulty
- Advanced / athletic
- Prevalence in adult media
- Niche
- Intensity tier (compliance)
- Explicit
Common camera framing
Description: The receiving partner sits astride and holds still, working only with the pelvic floor. It is the one classical position defined by something invisible from the outside, which is why the texts describe it as a learned skill rather than an arrangement.
Variations: Upright or leaning forward onto the hands; the stillness is the constant. Any external movement puts it back into the ordinary astride family.
On camera: Almost never shot as itself, because a camera cannot see what defines it. It appears in practice as a held beat inside a longer astride sequence.
AI design considerations: A neutral astride figure with no motion cues: level shoulders, relaxed arms, weight settled. Any implied bounce contradicts the position.
Historical provenance
Where this position appears in historical sex manuals, erotic art & literature · full timeline →
- Vadavaka (the mare's position)Indian (Gupta era) →
Kama Sutra — Vatsyayana · c. 3rd century CE
Named for the internal grip rather than the outward shape.
Related positions
Part of the Erotic Pose Catalog open dataset · CC BY 4.0 · keypoints are idealised COCO-17 templates.