

Philaenis of Samos, possibly a hetaira ( courtesan) of the Hellenistic period (3rd–1st century BC).

In the Greco-Roman era, a sex manual was written by Sex manuals typically present a guide to sex positions. History A love scene sculpture from the Sunga period (c. There are numerous sex positions that participants may adopt in any of these types of sex acts some authors have argued that the number of sex positions is essentially limitless.

Other acts may include stimulation by a device ( sex toy), such as a dildo or vibrator. This may also involve a fourth category, manual sex, which is stimulating the genitals or anus by using fingers or hands. Three categories of sexual activity are commonly practiced: vaginal sex, anal sex, and oral sex (mouth-on-genital or mouth-on-anus stimulation). Though sexual intercourse generally involves penetration of the body of one person by another, sex positions commonly involve penetrative or non-penetrative sexual activities. Sexual acts are generally described by the positions the participants adopt in order to perform those acts. For the narrative technique used in film and television, see Sexposition.Ī sex position is a position of the body that people use for sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. This article is about the body positions used for sexual intercourse.
