The instructional website OMGYES asked over 3,000 US women ages 18 to 93 how they increase their pleasure during sex. This meant vaginal penetration.

Four techniques emerged:

Angling - 90% said they rotate, raise or lower their pelvis and hips during to adjust how penetration occurs.

Shallowing - 84% of women said they increase using “shallowing,” a penetrative touch.

Rocking - 76% of said they increase their own pleasure through “rocking”, which rubs against the clitoris during penetration.

Pairing - 70% use “pairing”, manual stimulation during penetration.