But it's not just the Discovery Channel-style animal magnetism that appeals with this position. Men and women love the freedom it offers, both of movement and imagination, making this four-on-the-floor position a winner, hands down.

What Is It?

Doggy Style, or rear-entry sex is a sexual position in which one partner is penetrated from behind. The usual configuration is with both partners kneeling on a solid surface like the bed or floor, though good results can also be achieved with the partner being penetrated resting their upper body on the bed and their lower body off the bed.

But you don't have to take things lying down. Standing positions can also deliver some high impact results, although these maneuvers requires a lot more leg strength than a horizontal or kneeling position.

Standing rear-entry positions allow the partner being penetrated to bend forward at the waist; they can spread their legs to accommodate height differences, or use a wall or piece of furniture for added support.

Why Women Love It

Sex from behind frees the woman to indulge in the kinds of fantasies face-to-face positions (read: eye contact) sometimes inhibit

-- Doggy Style positions, whether laying flat, on all fours, standing or leaning, allow women to let it all hang out, so to speak. Women who are conscious of belly bulges or less-than-pert breasts relish the fact that these parts of their bodies are not on display, allowing them to concentrate on where the pleasure's really at...

-- Acclaimed sexual educator Shere Hite once reported that 70 per cent of women do not achieve orgasm from penetration alone. Some would say that number is even higher. The great news is that rear-entry positions provide a delicious opportunity for clitoral stimulation via the deft touch of a dexterous partner, the incorporation of a sex toy, or through some good, old-fashioned self-stimulation

-- Breasts too can be lavished with attention, and many a women with concerns over the size and shape of their breasts loves Doggy Style