(Newser) – When it comes to sex-related injuries among men, penile fractures are rare yet painful; now researchers say they know which positions are likeliest to result in them.
Researchers reviewed records from three hospitals over a 13-year period in Campinas, Brazil, a city of roughly 3 million people. In a paper published in Advances in Urology in April but now attracting plenty of attention, they write that the "cowgirl"—when the woman is on top of the man—was responsible for half the penile fractures reported among the cases involving heterosexual sex.
The second-worst offender was doggy style, responsible for 29%, while the traditional missionary position had been assumed in 21% of the fractures.
