Talk:Coital alignment technique

Poor choice of image?

As I understand it, the man and woman keep their legs relatively straight. So the image chosen (which is described as "missionary" and has both participants' legs spread) doesn't seem entirely appropriate. Jonathan Harford (talk) 17:12, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm removing the "tiny pants" comment. Upon further investigation, the item in question is an open condom wrapper, not that this needs to be noted either. bigelectric June 30 2009

can't make heads or tails of the image. Cramyourspam (talk) 07:08, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Is it real?

This entry is illiterate. I also have a suspicion that it's not really a serious entry, but hey ho - each to their own. GRAHAMUK 04:54 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)

A google search turned up serious discussion, so the referent does appear to exist. Hopefully, some kind heterosexual (i.e. not me - won't teach granny to suck eggs) will come along and de-stub this. - Montréalais

LOL. Hmmm, where can I get some of these here "orgasims"? Or does that mean they're faked? GRAHAMUK 05:16 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)

For what it's worth, my money is on it being a serious entry. Without wanting to be too detailed, we've tried this and it pretty much works as described, though as Calieber notes this may not be true for everyone. I will work n this article as I note a few things that are worth adjusting - the image is incorrect (it really doesn't matche the description) and the description itself is far too functional to be of any interest or use. It reads like a car manual. Kouros 12:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I heard of this position way before 2000. But the article credits Cosmo with coming up with it.MrBlondNYC 22:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

I think the Cosmo article that this article references needs to be tracked down or the reference should be removed. We don't even know what year it was published. --Beefyt 05:13, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Far fetch

NPOV -- it can't be stimulating to every girl, or inevitably give massive orgasms. --Calieber 03:12, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Yes and no. It does physically directly stimulate the clitoris. Whether or not the woman enjoys direct clitoral stimulation or if this will generate massive orgasms is certainly an individual thing. Olias7 (talk) 17:18, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Subset of missionary

So CAT is basically one kind of missionary position right? I was wondering whether to include it as a variant at missionary position. It certainly looks like missionary. Sarsaparilla (talk) 14:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't necessarily have to be the missionary position. There seems to be some confusion as to this technique, perhaps revolving around the entry stating that the clitoris is stimulated by the "base of the penis". Obviously if the male is penetrating, then no part of the penis is physically able to contact the clitoris. Basically to do this technique, the male penetrates to the point where his mons pubis area is snugly against the female's clitoris, then both partners move their pelvises while maintaing that contact, rather than having these areas separate in the more usual "in-out" sort of penetration. The legs don't need to be relatively straight as mentioned above, and to specifically refer to the positions in the "List of sexual positions" entry, this could be done in the "missionary", "cowgirl" or "lotus" positions. Olias7 (talk) 17:14, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

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Reverse CAT

Flyer22 thanks for your question and for picking me up. I'm happy to concede Eichel defined CAT (I think it said devised previously). CAT can be reversed so the woman is on top, sources 1, 2, 3, 4 and the book Sex: Reference to Go: Playful Positions to Spice Up Your Love Life By Dawn Harper Flat Out let's discuss it 03:15, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Regarding my statement here, thanks for this and this. I've heard of the reverse coital alignment technique, but hardly is it cited as the coital alignment technique. So, per WP:Due weight, it's helpful that you changed the text to use the word primarily so that it reads as "used primarily as variant of the missionary position." I don't think that the sites you provided above count as WP:Reliable sources, but the Dawn Harper book you cited is good enough. And, yes, the reference regarding Eichel states "devised" (well, it's meant to state that; it instead states "dervised," a typo), but devised can mean "invent." Flyer22 (talk) 04:22, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

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"Male" and "female"

I would suggest to replace these words with "penetrative partner" and "receptive partner" as CAT is not exclusively practiced in a male-female dyad. Chaptagai (talk) 11:37, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

If sources support such occurrence it could be mentioned as a secondary use of the term in its own sentence; however, given that the purpose is for a penis to stimulate a clitoris, it does seem to be primarily for heterosexual practice. In same-sex couples, it would probably not be considered distinct from the missionary position. Crossroads ^-talk- 22:17, 27 May 2025 (UTC)