About

Consensual Sex in the Missionary Position (often extended to Consensual Sex In The Missionary Position For The Sole Purpose Of Procreating_) is a meme mocking the softness of missionary position sex. The phrase commonly gets ironic responses calling the act highly vile or lewd. A popular variation of it is "_hand holding.":/memes/hand-holding

Origin

The phrase was first posted on the Newgrounds Forums on November 8th, 2007^[1] in response to a NSFW post earlier in the thread. Many also believe the phrase actually originated on 4chan's /b/ (Random) or /d/ (Hentai/Alternative) board, which can't be confirmed as archived versions of either boards don't go back to 2007 or earlier.

Spread

The phrase gained most on its spread through 4chan's /d/ (Hentai/Alternative) board, a board that focuses on uncommon and extreme fetishes that are often considered shock content. Threads focusing on consensual sex would be considered out of place and are quickly identified as joke threads. Other boards where the phrase can be found include /a/^[2] (Anime & Manga) and /b/^[3] (Random).

The first definition to the phrase was added to Urban Dictionary on October 17th, 2008;^[4] followed by an extended version 2 years later on October 07th;^[5] which have gotten respectively over 320 and 120 likes as of March 2015. over The phrase also appeared in fetish threads on My Anime List^[6] in 2009 and the Bodybuilding Forums^[7] in 2011. A page for the phrase was also created on the 1d4chan Wiki^[8] in March 2011. A Facebook page^[9] named after it gained nearly 500 likes as of March 2015 since its creation 5 years earlier. Trope Wiki Tv Tropes describes the reactions as "Your Normal Is Our Taboo."^[10]

"The most disgusting act one can engage in."

On August 5th, 2015, Tumblr user scurgal created an image post of the anime series Ore Monogatari in which the main heroine, Rinko Yamato, shares that her impure thoughts towards the involve cuddling and holding hands, to which scurgal replied with calling Rinko a whore;^[11] in the following 2 months, the post managed to gather over 41,000 notes.

Hand Holding

Hand Holding is another act that is used in a similar manner to Consensual Sex in the Missionary Position. Threads with hand holding as the topic will often receive satirical replies usually criticizing how the original poster is sick or lewd. Related images of this at time feature anime characters with unnecessary censorship photoshopped over the hands to add further lewdness.

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