I kindly challenge anyone with a vagina who doesn't like doggy-style sex to seriously reconsider. I get that it's not the most intimate of positions—you're facing away from your partner, after all—and it's not exactly relaxing your arms get tired, and your knees can take a reaaal beating. But when done correctly, doggy style is incredibly satisfying. Why not remind them how lucky they are? Plus, for some folks, being on all fours and entered from behind—the most basic definition of doggy, which obviously comes from the way dogs themselves mate—can actually be mentally stimulating, too. On one hand, the lack of pressure of staring into your partner's eyes can make it easier to orgasm , says Nan Wise, PhD, a licensed psychotherapist and certified sex therapist, and author of the forthcoming Why Good Sex Matters.

And there are plenty of fun variations and nifty tricks to give you control over the depth of penetration, including lowering yourself onto your elbows to increase it or reducing the arch in your back to decrease it. Alternatively, if watching gets you off, there is no sexier position than doggy style in front of a mirror to turn up the heat and send your partner wild as you throw him a sultry glance mid-thrust. And your clitoris is in the perfect position to be stimulated by either yourself or your partner. While earning itself the reputation as being one of the less intimate of positions, doggy style is, actually, the perfect way to add a bit of boob fondling into the mix. Which means plenty more fun in the kitchen, bathroom, shower, on the staircase, leaning over the tumble dryer while on full spin cycle. The show is available now on iTunes here and on Soundcloud here.

Few sex positions are as versatile and pleasurable for both parties as doggy style. It can be playful and rough, or sensual and intimate, all depending on the angle. For the person on the receiving end, doggy style is perfectly placed to hit the G-spot and A-spot, if you have a vagina, or the P-spot, if you have a prostate — while the 'giver' benefits from deep penetration and an unrestricted view. We asked Marlena Segar, sex and relationships educator at the Intimology Institute , to talk us through the doggy style sex position and share tips on how to spice up the move:.

It was named the U. Some people find it too rough or impersonal although for many, the animalistic side of the position is the whole draw. It has a little "you and me baby, we ain't nothing but mammals" vibe. But while I completely get it if it's a little too intense, the good news is that there are a whole bunch of hacks that make doggy style more fun for everyone. It can be made more or less intimate, more or less rough, more or less