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22nd April 2019
08:33am BST

It could be down to the potential for intense eye contact or the fact that there's loads of skin-to-skin contact happening.
Touching your bare skin off someone else during sex releases oxytocin, a hormone that creates deeper feelings of attachment between people.
The second most intimate position according to women? Spooning, which 15 per cent of female respondents said made them feel most connected to their partner.
Third on the list was cowgirl, or woman on top facing her partner, at ten per cent followed by 69ing, which was top for five per cent of women.
So there you go - while missionary might have a reputation for being a little vanilla, it could help to strengthen the bond in a relationship.Explore more on these topics: