2007-08-28 23:21:00 · 10 answers · asked by Sugar_Flip 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
interestingly enough, it was the position favored by protestant missionaries....makes sense I guess, I mean it doesn't surprize me that these guys had a boring sex life.
2007-08-28 23:25:14 · answer #1 · answered by Micheal M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a common belief that the term "missionary position" arose in response to teachings by Christian missionaries that this sex position was the only "proper" way to engage in sexual intercourse. This is in fact a myth. The reality is that the term probably originated some time between 1945 and 1965 through a confluence of (apparently honest) misunderstandings and misinterpretations of historical documents
2007-08-29 06:27:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it had something to do with the church. I think it was the only position that was accepted by the church. I do know that the US military can charge a service person with sodomy if they want if caught doing anything else besides the missionary position under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
2007-08-29 06:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by Kyle B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was decided by missionaries to third-world countries that this was the only permissible position. All others were called sinful and non-human, since animals (except certain breeds of monkeys) never use the face-to-face position.
2007-08-29 06:26:47 · answer #4 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember where but I have read, that Catholic
Missionary Priest, who went to Africa, to convert the
natives into Christanity, were caught having sex in this
position and hence the term missionary. In fact it has
become synonymous with sex from front side. Apparently
natives were far superior as far as positioning were
concerned.
2007-08-29 06:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by Sudhakar B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The position is a conventional one....
Conventionally men were the missionaries, and were always on top!!
LOL
2007-08-29 06:29:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
long time ago, missionaries from europe were observed to have sex only in that position, that is where the term came from
2007-08-29 06:26:04 · answer #7 · answered by sword_maker_samurai 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
missionaries from Rome gave this as the only Christian way to have intercourse. the church made the decree that other positions were bestial and pagan, and they held up this as the way God intended couples to have sex.
2007-08-29 06:27:08 · answer #8 · answered by ohiojeff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats werid is that in the military your supposed to ONLY use that position and none other..YEAH RIGHT!!!..i actually like the position that derived from full body and eye to eye contact..i guess its a more meaningful copulation of two beings coming as one as my mom likes to say..lol..some like it some don't it all depends on how you do it..
2007-08-29 06:39:09 · answer #9 · answered by Charmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because when you look into his eyes he's on a mission..... and one mission only. to make you moan, and make u make funny faces. and to get to that mission objective. sticky explosion
2007-08-29 06:26:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋