The Anchor

M/F · Vaginal penetration · From behind

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The Anchor 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
From behind
Penetration type
Vaginal
Facing
Front to back
Dynamics
Thrusting
Support / surface
Edge of surface
Participant count
Two
Composition code
M/F
Source medium
Video
Physical difficulty
Moderate
Prevalence in adult media
Occasional
Intensity tier (compliance)
Explicit

Common camera framing

Side profileRearWide / full body

Description: The receiving partner stands and bends forward, hands braced on a low fixed object so the upper body is held at a shallow angle rather than folded. The brace point is the anchor, and it lets the receiving partner take a much harder pace than an unsupported bend allows.

Variations: Braced on a chair back, a bed frame or the floor, with the depth of the bend set by the height of the brace. Feet wide or together to change the angle.

On camera: Shoots well from the side because the brace gives the frame a horizontal line and stops the body drifting. The fixed point also keeps a long take in focus.

AI design considerations: A standing figure hinged at the hips with both hands taking load on a surface below shoulder height. The brace object has to be present, otherwise the pose reads as an unsupported bend.

Also known asanchor positionbraced bendhand braced rear

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