Among heterosexual couples in the Western world, for example, conventional sex often refers to sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
[citation needed] It can also describe penetrative sex which does not have any element of BDSM, kink or fetish.
"[2] In addition to mutual masturbation (including manual sex), penetrative sexual activity among same-sex pairings is contrasted by non-insertive acts such as intercrural sex, frot and tribadism, although tribadism has been cited as a common but rarely discussed sexual practice among lesbians.
[5] It originally derives from the use of vanilla extract as the basic flavoring for ice cream, and by extension, meaning plain or conventional.
As with any sexually active person, they may find their preferences on the commonly termed "vanilla-kink spectrum" are sufficient for their full satisfaction.