Dear all, This essay is from the archives. I hope you enjoy! -MarilynSubmission is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. A Modest Defense of the Missionary Position In our culture of sexual permissiveness, of free and open pornography, it might do well to occasionally remind ourselves that the missionary position remains the go-to for the vast majority of us. At a time when sexuality and gender are being hotly debated in the media, across campuses, high schools, and even primary schools (while in the third grade, one of my daughters expressed anxiety about feeling pressured to decide whether or not she was bi, or rather “B. I.,” as she called it), we sometimes forget that sex is also about actually having it. And for most of us, having it means that we’re going to be in the very ordinary missionary position, at least for a good portion of the time.
A Modest Defense of the Missionary Position
A Modest Defense of the Missionary Position
A Modest Defense of the Missionary Position
Dear all, This essay is from the archives. I hope you enjoy! -MarilynSubmission is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. A Modest Defense of the Missionary Position In our culture of sexual permissiveness, of free and open pornography, it might do well to occasionally remind ourselves that the missionary position remains the go-to for the vast majority of us. At a time when sexuality and gender are being hotly debated in the media, across campuses, high schools, and even primary schools (while in the third grade, one of my daughters expressed anxiety about feeling pressured to decide whether or not she was bi, or rather “B. I.,” as she called it), we sometimes forget that sex is also about actually having it. And for most of us, having it means that we’re going to be in the very ordinary missionary position, at least for a good portion of the time.