The name is a translation of the original French , soixante-neuf , [ 5 ] which is also sometimes borrowed directly into English.
The concept is that both partners can experience sexual stimulation and oral sensation simultaneously, but this can also distract those who try to focus solely on their own pleasure from giving oral sex well. The position can also be awkward for partners who are not similar in height. The term sixty-nine or soixante-neuf for mutual simultaneous oral-genital stimulation is an English translation of the euphemistic French term, " soixante-neuf. Gaston Vorberg's Vorberg gives this However, another oil-lamp of the same kind, showing the sixty-nine almost identically The illustration in question is a detail engraving given in Payne Knight's plate XI; and the full form of this sculptured group is The Kama Sutra mentions this sex position, albeit by a different name: "When a man and woman lie down in an inverted order, i.
In reference to the sex position, "69" has become an internet meme , where users will respond to any occurrence of the number with the word "nice" and draw specific attention to it. Because of its association with the sex position and resulting meme, "69" has become known as "the sex number" in these communities, [ 11 ] similar to the number , which is known as "the weed number.
Variations of the 69 position include mutual anilingus or "double rimming", and digital penetration of either partner's anus or vagina. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read View source View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. Oral sex position.
Depictions of mutual oral sex in the 69 position. Left: a heterosexual couple, Center: a lesbian couple, Right: a gay couple. The Little Book of Sex. Ulysses Press.
