Yawning position
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
- Illustrative
- Physical difficulty
- Low
- Prevalence in adult media
- Occasional
- Intensity tier (compliance)
- Explicit
Common camera framing
Description: The receiving partner's legs are raised and spread wide in a V while the penetrating partner kneels upright between them — the Kama Sutra's "yawning" of the limbs.
Variations: Legs resting against the partner's arms or held at the ankles; width of the V varies.
On camera: Low-angle framing reads the open V; the kneeling partner keeps the frame uncluttered.
AI design considerations: A supine figure with raised legs splayed to a wide V and an upright kneeler between — leg spread angle is the signature.
Historical provenance
Where this position appears in historical sex manuals & erotic literature
- Jrimbhitaka (the yawning position)Indian (Gupta era) →
Kama Sutra — Vatsyayana · c. 3rd century CE
- Phoenix SoaringChinese (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)
Legs raised wide while the partner kneels between.
Related positions
Part of the Erotic Pose Catalog open dataset · CC BY 4.0 · keypoints are idealised COCO-17 templates.