The Esquire Guide to Sex

You're never too old to learn new tricks. Get cozy as we take you through different sex positions and tips. Test out the Reverse Cowgirl or the Tantric Yab-Yum position for ultimate orgasm. From oral sex to sex in the shower, our experts got your covered.

Cowgirl Position

Reverse Cowgirl Position

"Find out what position of intercourse is most stimulating to her — it's usually woman on top, facing away, also known as the reverse cowgirl. The angle of the penis through the anterior/front wall of the vagina stimulates the area of the G-spot."
—Beverly Whipple, Ph.D, Professor Emerita at Rutgers University and co-author of The Science of Orgasm

Heels to the Sky Position

Heels to the Sky Position

My wife insists that having her feet in the air gives her a better orgasm. She thinks it has something to do with the blood rushing into her body. Is there a chance she could be right?

"I would disagree vehemently on this one," says Susan Kellogg-Spadt, professor of obstetrics and gynecology. "It's not like you cut off blood flow or increase blood flow in certain positions." Dr. Steven Nissen, cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, came right out and called your question "silly."

Sounds like you touched a nerve, both with modern medicine and inside your wife! What I mean is, the pelvic area has four nervous pathsays through which orgasms travel, and different sex positions can and will stimulate these different channels. The kind of deeper penetration that I think you're describing would likely take you up into the vagina's posterior fornix, thereby rousing the hypogastric plexus and furnishing your wife with her chosen orgasm.