Such information is crucial for the development of sufficient sexual education about contemporary preferred sexual behavior, and moreover, these findings could provide public health professionals with up-to-date information about partnered sexual behaviors and thus help develop adequate treatment strategies to increase the level of sexual wellbeing in individuals as well as couples.Įxisting studies tend to focus on the prevalence and/or frequency of particular heterosexual sexual behaviors, especially on giving and receiving oral sex, vaginal intercourse, and anal sex. 2 It could also enable cross-national comparisons of how different cultures vary in the use of sexual activities (eg, some cultures view oral sex as unnatural 3). Awareness of prevalence of sexual positions would help monitor trends in sexual behavior, for instance, increase in the prevalence of anal sex. The amount of scientific research on the subject is, however, very limited.
Books on the art of lovemaking 1 describe hundreds of positions lovers can use during their sexual encounters, and their pleasurability and potential of leading to a female orgasm is a frequent subject of discussion in general forums. The popularity of various sexual positions among men and women has long been a favourite topic of articles in lifestyle magazines.
