Mating press
M/F · Vaginal penetration · Penetrating partner on top
Keypoint template
Attributes
- Position family
- One-on-one
- Primary act
- Vaginal penetration
- Partner arrangement
- Penetrating partner on top
- Penetration type
- Vaginal
- Facing
- Face to face
- Dynamics
- Thrusting
- Support / surface
- Flat surface / bed
- Participant count
- Two
- Composition code
- M/F
- Source medium
- Video
- Physical difficulty
- Moderate
- Prevalence in adult media
- Common
- Intensity tier (compliance)
- Explicit
Common camera framing
Description: A fully folded missionary: the receiving partner's knees are pressed back toward the chest while the penetrating partner leans their weight over the fold, pinning the hips at maximum tilt.
Variations: Ankles held by the penetrating partner, or hooked behind their arms; depth of the fold varies with flexibility.
On camera: A video-era staple named in internet vernacular; shot in profile or from overhead to read the fold.
AI design considerations: The receiving figure is compressed — knees near shoulders — with the penetrating figure's mass directly above; the fold angle defines the pose.
Historical provenance
Where this position appears in historical sex manuals & erotic literature
- Indranika (Indrani's position)Indian (Gupta era) →
Kama Sutra — Vatsyayana · c. 3rd century CE
Thighs drawn back to the sides of the body — the goddess Indrani's form.
- El asemeud (the Stopperage)Arab–Berber (Maghreb) →
The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight — Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi · 15th century CE
Knees pressed to the chest under the partner's weight.
- Mounting TortoiseChinese (Han dynasty tradition) →
Su Nü Jing (Classic of the Plain Girl) — attributed to the Plain Girl dialogues with the Yellow Emperor · c. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE; preserved in the Japanese Ishimpō (984 CE)
Related positions
Part of the Erotic Pose Catalog open dataset · CC BY 4.0 · keypoints are idealised COCO-17 templates.