the missionary position
noun/ðə ˈmɪʃənri pəzɪʃn/
/ðə ˈmɪʃəneri pəzɪʃn/
[singular]- a position for having sex in which a man and a woman face each other, with the man lying on top of the womanWord Originsaid to be so named because early missionaries advocated the position as “proper” to primitive peoples, to whom the practice was unknown.
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the missionary position