According to a study done at the University of Campinas in Brazil, 28 percent of men admitted to the ER with a penile fracture got it from doggy-style (for what it’s worth, woman-on-top took credit for 50 percent). Woman-on-top edges it out, but doggy-style is responsible for over a quarter of penile fractures. It could be because it’s incredibly popular, or maybe just because some people find it logistically challenging and need help. According to a study from AskMen, America Googled doggy-style more than any other sex position. Americans are searching for "doggy style" like whoa.
Roseff confirms that newer technology has made it apparent that X and Y sperm move at the same speed and that "various sexual positions have absolutely no effect on the resulting gender of a baby." So if you were hoping for a boy, keep crossing your fingers. The old wives' tale that sex with the guy on top leads to male babies is also untrue. And doggy-style also won't help if you’re trying for a boy. Scott Roseff, a Florida-based fertility specialist at Boca Raton's IVFMD, confirms that “There is no evidence that rear-entry sex positions optimize fertility.”ģ. Some believe that because the position allows for deeper penetration, this means the sperm are starting out closer to the cervix. There's no basis to the myth that doggy-style helps if you're trying to get pregnant. A 2018 survey on millennial sex from Skyn showed that "people in Dallas were more likely to do doggy-style than any other city." The more you know!Ģ. And it looks like they’re torpedoing missionary as the “standard” sex position, too. Millennials have gotten accused of ruining a lot of things (see: diamonds, the restaurant industry, department stores). It's super popular in Dallas for some reason. Everyone knows it, but there are plenty of things you might not know about it.ġ. But not “doggy-style.” It’s a notorious sex position. “Missionary” and “cowgirl” can refer to other things. Ed’s study that will show you just how much you have common in with your fellow women - or not.
So if you’re wondering where you fall in regards the topic of sex positions, wonder no more. Which, honestly, is sort of surprising in 2016 where being sexually liberated and sex positive is something that so many women have integrated into their every day life. They're even less vocal in regards to what they want to do in bed, in many cases letting a male partner take the reigns. What they found was that women are a bit more tame in their sexual choices and sexual desires. Not just in our sex position preferences, but in how we learn about new positions, communicate them to our partners, and even how we execute them - should we find the courage to do so, in the hopes of not hurting ourselves in the process.ĭrEd surveyed over 2,000 people across the U.S., U.K., and Europe to see what sex positions are favorites, not just by gender, but in each country, too. While there are definitely places where we overlap - both men and women listed doggy style as their favorite sex position in a recent survey by online doctor DrEd - there are places where we couldn’t be more different. When it comes to sex positions, men and women aren’t always on the same page.