However, there is one drawback that makes standing sex positions a little trickier: height differences. It's not just about pounding your partner as hard as possible with the additional leverage (and momentum) you get from standing up it's about hitting different angles and tweaking positions that allow for deeper penetration and pleasure. Pop culture depictions of standing sex have made it seem like it's all about in-and-out thrusting, but that's far from the truth. “If both people are standing and have proper support, standing sex can be incredibly pleasurable both because of the biomechanics and positioning and also because of the way it looks,” explains Kenneth Play, international sex educator and sex hacker. There's something about doing it upright that's weirdly primal.
Not to mention that standing sex is straight-up hot. That's where standing sex positions can come into play: They're helpful for when you're in the mood for a quickie or doing it against the counter, on the couch, or wherever you and your partner desperately need to get it on. Tried and true positions like missionary and doggy style aren't always feasible when you don't have a bed. But when you're having sex outside the bedroom, you need to get creative. If Netflix's erotic series Sex/Life taught us anything, it's that you can have sex pretty much anywhere.
