Praying Mantis

M/F · Vaginal penetration · Kneeling

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Praying Mantis sex position — posed figure showing body placement for 2 people

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Keypoint template

ReceivingPenetratingCOCO-17 template · schematic, not to scale

Attributes

Position family
One-on-one
Primary act
Vaginal penetration
Partner arrangement
Kneeling
Penetration type
Vaginal
Facing
Front to back
Dynamics
Grinding
Support / surface
Flat surface / bed
Participant count
Two
Composition code
M/F
Source medium
Illustrative
Physical difficulty
Moderate
Prevalence in adult media
Niche
Intensity tier (compliance)
Explicit

Common camera framing

Side profileWide / full bodyRear

Description: Both partners kneel one behind the other with the torsos fully upright and the receiving partner's arms raised or folded high across the chest. The tall, narrow silhouette with the raised forearms is what the name is describing.

Variations: Arms raised overhead, folded across the chest, or reaching back to the partner's neck. Leaning either partner forward converts it into a different position entirely.

On camera: A vertical composition with no occlusion of the upper body, which makes it useful for showing the receiving partner's face and torso while an entry from behind is still in progress.

AI design considerations: Two kneeling figures stacked front to back with both spines vertical and the forward figure's arms elevated. The raised arms are the identifying detail and are the first thing a default pose drops.

Also known asupright kneel rearmantis positionvertical rear kneel

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Part of the Erotic Pose Catalog open dataset · CC BY 4.0 · keypoints are idealised COCO-17 templates.