Facesitting , also known as queening or kinging , is a sexual practice with one partner sitting over the other's face, sometimes allowing for oralβgenital or oralβanal contact. Facesitting is common among dominant and submissive individuals, for demonstrating superiority and for sexual gratification. The full-weight body-pressure, smothering , moisture , body odors , and darkness can be perceived as powerful sexual attractions or compulsions. The person sat upon may be in bondage , sexually submissive , or simply held down by the body-weight of the other person.
In some cases, the submissive will consume the dominant's bodily waste s urolagnia or coprophilia or be subjected to the dominant's flatulence eproctophilia. The woman is on top of the man in facesitting, unlike in sex positions when the man is on top of the woman. The man may also lick her anus. Sometimes special furniture is used, such as a "queening stool" or "smotherbox". The position allows the pelvic floor muscles PFM to relax and therefore partly exposing the labia minora to intimate touch.
The gluteus maximus and levator ani muscles, the major muscles of the crotch, can relax and sag allowing easy access to the vagina and anus. Additionally, the stool allows for greater comfort and allows for the activity to be done for a longer period of time.
A smotherbox or "smothering box" is a special form of queening stool which also allows the person under the seat to be locked in place, restrained by the neck as in a set of stocks. One is in a vertical side of the box for the neck of the person who has their head inside the smotherbox.
The other is in the top of the box to expose their face. The inside of a smotherbox is often padded to provide support for their neck and prevent their head from moving.
