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Mating Press (Japanese: 種付けプレス, Tanetsuke Puresu) is slang for a sexual intercourse position that is similar to the missionary position, except with the male taking on a more aggressive and upright role. The act and references to it became popularized in hentai and Rule 34 communities throughout the 2010s, becoming more well-known in the early 2020s as the term spread online and was referenced in memes.

Origin

According to Pixiv Encyclopedia^[1], Japanese hentai artist Keita Takatsu (高津ケイタ) coined this word in his Pixiv^[2] and Twitter^[3] posts on November 4th, 2013. He said in those now-defunct posts, "I call this Tanetsuke Puresu, personally." and "It is a provisional title for my favorite composition or situation because I don't know its proper name. What should we call this?". The artist also explained several essential points of the composition in his illustration (shown below). His posts quickly got shared among otakus on the social networking service due to the quite catchy naming, and the word he coinage has become a de-fact proper name for this composition in hentai subcultures.

Editor's note: The illustration part has been omitted due to KYM's rules for NC contents.

Translation:

A girl gets done this by a bigger old man, basically.
The man's body almost covers the girl's body.
The girl's outstretched toes are getting spastic.
The girl tries to push the man away with her hands, but it's futile resistance.
The more filthy the man is, the higher score he gets.
But sometimes a macho does it.
The screen is basically unsightly as it's filled with the old man.

Meanwhile, on the English internet, an informal definition didn't appear online until 2018 when it was added to Urban Dictionary^[4] by user El Fuckface on October 2nd, 2018 (shown below).

Spread

After being used within hentai and Rule 34 communities during the 2010s, the term "mating press" spread to other communities as it became more well-known during the early 2020s. For example, on January 17th, 2020, Twitter user @tripleafrog^[5] uploaded a Murray's You're Laughing meme complaining about their ancestors being drawn getting mating pressed, which received 3,000 likes in two years (shown below).

On August 17th, 2021, Twitter user^[6] @TinaFate1 uploaded a meme using the Jack-O Crouch inquiring about what a "mating press" means, earning 2,700 likes in one year (shown below).

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