Shower sex is meant to be a hands-on activity, clearly — so the Soap’n’Grope variation of a standing position allows the penetrating partner to do a bit more exploring. The partner being penetrated should brace themselves on an available wall as the penetrating partner enters from behind. It’s easily the dirtiest way to have good, clean fun. If you don’t have a cool penis ring on hand, never fear! Baring the Sceptor is a position that can elicit that same intense reaction for partners with penises. Simply form a ring with your thumb and forefinger around the base of the penis, pull down so the skin of the shaft is taut and enjoy the increased sensitivity and sensations that follow. If you can keep your hand there during intercourse, it’s a sure way to level-up penetrative sex.

This steamy moveoffers extra intimacy during the act and can be adapted for anal sex. You and your partner can experiment with plenty of touching and kissing as you set the rhythm together. Doggy style is a classic for a reason! Bestial and intense, there are a lot of modifications to give the giver and reciever something they’ll enjoy. Entry from behind and the openness of the hips give a good shot at G-spot penetration. The penetrating partner is standing or kneeling with their hands free to roam, grope, and grip to their heart’s content. It is clear that the strong, sensual, even pornographic, content of the Nights can be paralleled elsewhere in Arabic literature”, writes scholar Robert Irwin in his 2010 commentary on the One Thousand and One Nights. Indeed, beyond the garden and the nights of Shahrzad, one can point to other works dealing with erotica, such as the writings of Abbasid scholar Al-Jahiz on the ways of young men and women, Al-Katib’s 10th-Century Encyclopaedia of Pleasure, and even the Assemblies of al-Hariri, a text from the Seljuk empire with passages on homosexuality. In addition, while Persian and not Arab, the 13th-Century polymath Nasireddin Tusi’s Arabic-language writings on sexual stimulants and various positions have recently become available to English readers as The Sultan’s Sex Potions.Vatsyayana, or the exact date he wrote this work. Regarding the date, Sir Richard F. Burton (whose 1883 translation Your weight can mostly held by your knees and thighs, so don’t get too wound up about “crushing” your partner — just make sure they feel comfortable communicating how much pressure is good from you on top! and study. Written in ancient India, it is essentially a technical guide, a scholarly treatise if you will, to

One position is ideal if you have a bench or a wider rim of your tub — have the penatrating partner keep both legs on the ground (they do need to keep their balance game together here!) while the partner being penetrated takes them from the front, lifting one leg up to wrap around their partner or to rest on the side of the tub. Just add water. Created in Malika Favre’s bold and minimalist signature style, all 26 letters of the alphabet are displayed as individual erotic illustrations with a strong focus on female poets. The complete series is based on a sense of timeless erotica. These artworks are meant as a celebration of joy, pleasure, and sensuality.

Baring the Scepter

One of the enduring appeals of the Kamasutra is that is goes beyond the usual missionary or doggy style positions and provides guidance on how to embrace, where each partner stands, sits or lies, where to put or pull legs, knees, chest and arms. It also advises which positions are best for giving and receiving pleasure for the man or the woman and which positions leave the hands free (potentially for the use of sex toys) or allow for deep penetration. Does the Kamasutra work? that time, for throughout he gives us the benefit of his experience, and of his opinions, and these bear the stamp