The piledriver is a
sexual position.
Named after the downward motion of an actual
pile driver, the position is executed by the receiving partner
lying supine bent into a
front bend in a pose similar to the
yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-conscio ...
plow pose, bottom up, with legs bent over head, while the inserting partner stands above and inserts a
penis
A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males d ...
or other object downwards into the receptive partner's
vagina
In mammals, the vagina is the elastic, muscular part of the female genital tract. In humans, it extends from the vestibule to the cervix. The outer vaginal opening is normally partly covered by a thin layer of mucosal tissue called the hy ...
or
anus
The anus (Latin, 'ring' or 'circle') is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, the residual semi-solid waste that remains after food digestion, which, d ...
.
Though the position is quite strenuous for both participants, it is particularly so for the receptive partner, who is severely constrained by the front bend.
References
Sex positions
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