69 (sex position)
The 69 position, also known by its French name soixante-neuf, is one of the most commonly known sexual positions. It allows simultaneous mutual oral sex.
In this position, the two individuals generally lie down, one on top of the other or side to side. However, instead of lying face to face, each places their head next to the other's genitalia, enabling the genitalia of both partners to be orally stimulated at the same time. It is common for one or both members to insert a finger into the vagina or anus of the other to add additional stimulation and pleasure. Alternatively, a similar position can be taken by one upright and one inverted individual. However, some individuals find it difficult in this position to concentrate on giving while receiving. Also the position places the more sensitive underside of the penis against the top of the mouth rather than against the tongue, thus creating a variation in stimulation. The clitoris is not disadvantaged by the position.
It is known as 'Congress of the Crow' in the Kama Sutra, "because each partner takes something unclean into the mouth." People who are affiliated with the sex position are called "69ers".
A variation on the 69 position is the "73", which is the 69 position with two fingers inserted into each partner's anus. One finger in each other's anus is a "71".
An old joke suggests that a 68 means one partner will perform oral sex on the other, who will then 'owe the performer one'.
Origin
The name comes from the fact that the digits 6 and 9 are the same character, just rotated 180 degrees. Note that this is not the number "69", but the digits 6 and 9. The letter/digit combination L7 is similar and forms a box shape.
The 69 also is commonly known to represent each partner, in terms of one partner being on the other, but flipped. The pointed piece of the six or of the nine refers to the genitals of one partner, and the circular areas on the opposite number refer to the other person's mouth.
List of pop culture references to the 69 sex position
This short list is in alphabetical order by the medium that the reference appears in, shown in bold. It favours popular or notable material, and occurences that are at least almost certainly having a sexual connotation, due to context. Some other occurrences of the number "69" in pop culture are unclear as referencing the 69 position and not listed here.
It should be noted that on the one hand 69 would have a theoretical likelihood of 1/99 of being used as a randomly chosen number for a script. But on the other hand, "69" is almost always changed or self-censored by writers when not intending a sexual connotation, so its practical likelihood of random apparition in a human-edited context is very much smaller.
- The hit song "69 année érotique" (69 Erotic Year), a 1969 duet between Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, refers to both the post-1968 sexual liberation and the 69 sex position.
- The song "96 Tears", by ? & the Mysterians, was originally called "69 Tears", but considered too explicit and changed.
- The movie A History of Violence features a 69, in a sex scene between Tom Stall and his wife Edie Stall.
- In Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, when Bill and Ted ask their future selves what number they are thinking of, their doppelgängers respond "Sixty-nine, dudes!".
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas there is a restricted government area called Area 69, based on Area 51. The number 69 recurs throughout the game, showing up in numerous locations.
- The song "I Got the Six" from ZZ Top's album Eliminator has "I got the six / Gimme your nine" as the chorus.
- In the movie Mallrats, after Brodie asks Mr. Svenning what that ring on his finger is, and Mr. Svenning answers that it's "My Junior College class ring. Cum Laude, '69", Brodie tells him he also wishes to come loud one day, preferably in a 69.
- The song "Me and My Old Lady" by The Offspring contains the verse "Me and my old lady suck each other dry, when in this position I'm the luckiest man alive".
- The song "Sit on my Face" by the Monty Python comedy troupe explicitly describe the 69 position, and features the line "Life can be fine if we both sixty-nine".
- In an episode of South Park, The Biggest Douche In The Universe, there is a book called "How to sixty-nine with yourself".
- In an episode of Sex & The City, The Cold War, Alek reads part of her column aloud where she asserts it is her belief that "no one has used the sixty-nine position since 1969."
- The 69 Eyes band members each have the number 69 after their name