the missionary position

the missionary position
   copulation during which the male lies atop the female
   Not the status of those who take the Gospel among the heathen but from the practice of missionaries among the Polynesians, who had favoured a quadripedal approach:
    'The guy's on top and the girl's on the bottom and they're — well, you know, screwing?'... 'Not the missionary position.' (Theroux, 1973 — but it was)

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