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'''Anal sex''' most often refers to the sex act involving insertion of the [[penis]] into the [[anus]] of a [[sex partner]].<ref>[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anal%20sex WordNet Search – 3.0]</ref> The term ''anal sex'' can also sometimes include other [[sexual act]]s involving the anus, including [[Pegging (sexual practice)|pegging]], [[anal–oral sex]], [[fingering (sexual act)|fingering]], and [[sexual fetishism|object insertion]].
'''Anal sex''' most often refers to the sex act involving insertion of the [[penis]] into the [[anus]] of a [[sex partner]].<ref>[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anal%20sex WordNet Search – 3.0]</ref> The term ''anal sex'' can also sometimes include other [[sexual act]]s involving the anus, including [[Pegging (sexual practice)|pegging]], [[anal–oral sex]], [[fingering (sexual act)|fingering]], and [[sexual fetishism|object insertion]].


There is a common misconception that anal sex is practiced almost exclusively by [[gay]] men.<ref name="Dean and Delvin">{{cite web|title=Anal sex|author=Dr. John Dean and Dr. David Delvin|publisher=Netdoctor.co.uk|accessdate=April 29, 2010|url=http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sexandrelationships/analsex.htm}}</ref> However, not all gay males engage in anal sex, and anal sex is not uncommon among [[Heterosexuality|heterosexual]] relationships. A 2009 study of American college undergraduates, the large majority heterosexual, found that one in four reported having had anal sex.<ref>David Knox, [http://books.google.com/books?id=x8NT2lMAcJwC&lpg=PP1&dq=Choices%20in%20Relationships%3A%20An%20Introduction%20to%20Marriage%20and%20the%20Family%20By%20David%20Knox%2C%20Caroline%20Schacht&hl=iw&pg=PA290#v=onepage&q&f=false Choices in Relationships: An Introduction to Marriage and the Family], Caroline Schacht; p290</ref> Types of anal sex can also be performed as part of [[lesbian]] lovemaking. Many people find anal sex pleasurable, and some may reach [[orgasm]]—through stimulation of the [[prostate]] in men, and [[Clitoris|clitoral]] and [[G-Spot]] leg stimulation in women.<ref name="Www.goaskalice">{{cite web|title= The male hot spot — Massaging the prostate|publisher=[[Go Ask Alice!]]|date=September 27, 2002 (Last Updated/Reviewed on March 28, 2008)|accessdate=April 21, 2010|url=http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2246.html }}</ref><ref>Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity‎ – Page 270; Janell L. Carroll – Psychology; 2009</ref> However, many people find it painful as well; in some cases extremely so,<ref>Pornography: the production and consumption of inequality By Gail Dines, Robert Jensen, Ann Russo; p350</ref><ref>Policing sexual assault By Jeanne Gregory, Sue Lees; p120</ref> which may be due to psychological factors in some cases.<ref>Clinical men's health: evidence in practice By Joel J. Heidelbaugh; p273</ref>
There is a common misconception that anal sex is practiced almost exclusively by [[gay]] men.<ref name="Dean and Delvin">{{cite web|title=Anal sex|author=Dr. John Dean and Dr. David Delvin|publisher=Netdoctor.co.uk|accessdate=April 29, 2010|url=http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sexandrelationships/analsex.htm}}</ref> This misconception is dispelled by researchers, as not all gay males engage in anal sex, and anal sex is not uncommon among [[Heterosexuality|heterosexual]] relationships. A 2009 study of American college undergraduates, the large majority heterosexual, found that one in four reported having had anal sex.<ref>David Knox, [http://books.google.com/books?id=x8NT2lMAcJwC&lpg=PP1&dq=Choices%20in%20Relationships%3A%20An%20Introduction%20to%20Marriage%20and%20the%20Family%20By%20David%20Knox%2C%20Caroline%20Schacht&hl=iw&pg=PA290#v=onepage&q&f=false Choices in Relationships: An Introduction to Marriage and the Family], Caroline Schacht; p290</ref> Types of anal sex can also be performed as part of [[lesbian]] lovemaking. Many people find anal sex pleasurable, and some may reach [[orgasm]]—through stimulation of the [[prostate]] in men, and [[Clitoris|clitoral]] and [[G-Spot]] leg stimulation in women.<ref name="Www.goaskalice">{{cite web|title= The male hot spot — Massaging the prostate|publisher=[[Go Ask Alice!]]|date=September 27, 2002 (Last Updated/Reviewed on March 28, 2008)|accessdate=April 21, 2010|url=http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2246.html }}</ref><ref>Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity‎ – Page 270; Janell L. Carroll – Psychology; 2009</ref> However, many people find it painful as well; in some cases extremely so,<ref>Pornography: the production and consumption of inequality By Gail Dines, Robert Jensen, Ann Russo; p350</ref><ref>Policing sexual assault By Jeanne Gregory, Sue Lees; p120</ref> which may be due to psychological factors in some cases.<ref>Clinical men's health: evidence in practice By Joel J. Heidelbaugh; p273</ref>


As with most forms of sexual interaction, individuals are at risk for contracting [[sexually transmitted disease]]s,<ref name=Who/><ref name="CDC">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/surv2008-Complete.pdf Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance], 2008. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; November 2009.[http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/2008survFactSheet.PDF Fact Sheet]</ref> and thus [[safe sex]] practices are advised.<ref name="Who">World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research
As with most forms of sexual interaction, individuals are at risk for contracting [[sexually transmitted disease]]s,<ref name=Who/><ref name="CDC">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/surv2008-Complete.pdf Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance], 2008. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; November 2009.[http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/2008survFactSheet.PDF Fact Sheet]</ref> and thus [[safe sex]] practices are advised.<ref name="Who">World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research

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This article is about the human sexual act. For anal sex in non-human animals, see Animal sexuality.

Depiction of anal sex on 510 BC Attic red-figure kylix

Anal sex most often refers to the sex act involving insertion of the penis into the anus of a sex partner.[1] The term anal sex can also sometimes include other sexual acts involving the anus, including pegging, anal–oral sex, fingering, and object insertion.

There is a common misconception that anal sex is practiced almost exclusively by gay men.[2] This misconception is dispelled by researchers, as not all gay males engage in anal sex, and anal sex is not uncommon among heterosexual relationships. A 2009 study of American college undergraduates, the large majority heterosexual, found that one in four reported having had anal sex.[3] Types of anal sex can also be performed as part of lesbian lovemaking. Many people find anal sex pleasurable, and some may reach orgasm—through stimulation of the prostate in men, and clitoral and G-Spot leg stimulation in women.[4][5] However, many people find it painful as well; in some cases extremely so,[6][7] which may be due to psychological factors in some cases.[8]

As with most forms of sexual interaction, individuals are at risk for contracting sexually transmitted diseases,[9][10] and thus safe sex practices are advised.[9] Anal sex is considered a high-risk sexual practice, and unprotected anal sex is the riskiest of all forms of sexual intercourse,[11] due to the vulnerability of the rectum and sphincter tissues.[12] It is also controversial in many religious traditions, often due to prohibitions against homosexuality and/or to teachings about the procreative purpose of sex. However, as attitudes toward sexuality have changed in recent years, many religious groups, especially in Euroamerican Judaism and Christianity, have become more accepting of non-procreative sex, including male homosexuality.

Anatomy and stimulation

Prostate, clitoral and G-Spot stimulation

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Male genital anatomy, showing the location of the prostate with respect to the rectum.
See also: Prostate massage, Clitoris, G-Spot, and Orgasm

The abundance of nerve endings in the anal region and rectum makes anal sex pleasurable for many men and women.[13] "The opening and closing of the anus is controlled by the internal and external sphincter muscles (the most important muscles when engaging in anal sex). The sphincter muscle is a sensitive membrane with many nerve endings and thus the source of pleasure or pain."[14]

In a male receiving partner, being penetrated can produce a pleasurable sensation due to the inserted penis rubbing or brushing against the prostate (also known as the "male G-Spot", "P-Spot" or "A-Spot") through the anal wall.[15][4] This can result in pleasurable sensations and can lead to an orgasm in some cases.[4] The prostate is located next to the rectum and is the larger, more developed[16] male homologue to the Skene's glands, which are believed to be connected to the female "G-Spot".[17] The Skene's glands are sometimes referred to as the "female prostate";[18] they are located around the urethra and can be felt through the wall of the vagina.

Most women can only achieve orgasm through clitoral stimulation.[19][20][21][22] The clitoris surrounds the vagina somewhat like a horseshoe, and is viewed as the key to women's sexual pleasure.[19][21] In addition to nerve endings present within the anus and rectum, a physiological explanation for why some women may find anal stimulation pleasurable is that the clitoris has "legs" which extend along the vaginal lips back to the anus.[23] The Gräfenberg spot, or G-Spot, a small area behind the female pubic bone surrounding the urethra and accessible through the anterior wall of the vagina, is considered to have legs in relation to the clitoris[19][24] which may also be accessible through anal penetration.

"Anal sex is portrayed as quite normal in porn imagery," but according to Go Ask Alice! and other researchers, it occurs "much less frequently" than other sexual behaviors.[25][2] "Often, it is presented as something that is both routine and [generally] painless for women. In real life, this is not the case," relayed doctors John Dean and David Delvin of NetDoctor, attributing the increase of anal activity among heterosexual couples to anal pornography.[2] "Some people like [anal] because it seems taboo or naughty," stated author and sex therapist Jack Morin. "Some people like the flavor of dominance and submission... some don’t."[26] For men, anal sex can yield more tactile pleasure for the penis, the anus usually being tighter than the vagina.[27] As each person's sphincter muscles react to penetration differently,[14] the anal sphincter is delicate tissue that can tear, and the rectal mucous membrane provides insufficient natural lubrication, researchers agree on adequate personal lubrication, bodily relaxation and communication with the sex partner for avoidance of pain, as well as avoidance of damage to the anus.[28][2][26][29][30][31][32]

Heterosexual

Male to female

1892 lithograph by Paul Avril depicting male-to-female anal sex

Some men may enjoy being the insertive partner in anal sex due to the anus usually being tighter than the vagina.[27] The attitude of women towards being the receptive partner in this practice is diverse: while some consider it painful or uncomfortable, others say they find it pleasurable and some even prefer it to vaginal intercourse.[33][34]

In a study of hetero anal sex (8/2010 (n=214)), female participants stated that stimulation to multiple erogenous zones simultaneously (the clitoris, the G-Spot, the anus, and other erogenous zones) enabled the woman to enjoy anal intercourse with much less discomfort compared to anal penetration by itself. Women who had orgasms during anal sex reported that an orgasm during anal sex was more of a full-body experience than an orgasm from just clitoral stimulation.[32]

The risk to the woman is greater than the risk to the man during male-to-female anal intercourse.[35] At the same time, this act is held to carry a very low risk of unwanted pregnancy when not accompanied with vaginal intercourse, as anal intercourse cannot lead to pregnancy unless sperm is somehow transported to the vaginal opening in the process; in some populations, this activity is frequently used as a means of contraception, often in the absence of a condom.[36]

The risk of injury to the receptive partner due to anal intercourse is many times higher than that due to vaginal sex.[37] Also, the risk for transmission of the HIV virus is higher for anal sex than for vaginal sex.[38] Experts caution couples engaging in this practice to take steps to prevent damage to the rectal area, such as lubrication and also the use of protection, such as condoms, to stop the transmission of STDs.[2]

Female virginity

Male-to-female anal sex is sometimes seen as preserving female virginity because it leaves the hymen intact. Among sexually active heterosexuals, the concept of "technical virginity", which includes oral sex and mutual masturbation, is conceived as resting solely on vaginal penetration.[39][40][41][42][43][44][45] Since the early 1990s, "technical" virginity has been popular among teenagers.[39][45]

Prevalence

A 2005 survey of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a rising incidence of male-to-female anal relations in the American heterosexual population. The survey showed that 40% of men and 35% of women between 25 and 44 had engaged in heterosexual anal sex; in 1992 a similar survey found that only 26% of men 18 to 59 and 20% of women 18 to 59 had.[46] In terms of overall numbers of survey respondents, seven times as many women as gay men said that they engaged in anal intercourse, with this figure reflecting the larger heterosexual population size.[47] Another survey in 2008 focused on a much younger demographic of teens and young adults aged 15–21. It found that 16% of 1350 surveyed had had this type of sex in the previous 3 months, with condoms being used 29% of the time.[48] However, given the subject matter, the survey hypothesized the prevalence was probably underestimated.

In 2009 Kimberly R. McBride published a clinical report in the Journal of Sex Research which stated that changing norms may affect the frequency of heterosexual anal sex behaviors and suggests that there is a role for the exotic in the sexual repertoires of some heterosexuals" "[F]or a certain number of heterosexuals, anal intercourse is pleasurable, exciting, and perhaps considered more intimate than vaginal sex...". McBride and her colleagues investigated the prevalence of non-intercourse anal sex behaviors among a sample of men (n=1,299) and women (n=1,919) compared to anal intercourse experience and found that 51% of men and 43% of women had participated in at least one act of oral–anal sex, manual–anal sex, or anal sex toy use.[49][50] McBride and Janssen found that the majority of men (n=631)and women (n=856) who reported heterosexual anal intercourse in the past 12 months were in exclusive, monogamous relationships: 69% and 73%, respectively.[51][52]

In a 2007 report entitled "Prevalence and Correlates of Heterosexual Anal and Oral Sex in Adolescents and Adults in the United States" published in the Journal of Infectious Disease, a national survey of Family Growth found that 34% men and 30% women reported ever participating in heterosexual anal sex. The percentage of participants reporting heterosexual anal sex was significantly higher among 20- to 24-year-olds and peaked among 30- to 34-year-olds. [53] [54]

Figures for prevalence can vary amongst different demographics, regions, and nationalities. A 2001 French survey of five hundred female respondents concluded that a total of 29% had engaged in this practice, with one third of these claiming to have enjoyed the experience.[55] In contrast, in a 1999 South Korean survey of 586 women, 3.5% of respondents reported having had this type of sex.[56]

Figures for the prevalence of sexual behavior can also fluctuate over time. Edward O. Laumann's 1992 survey, reported in The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States, found that about 20% of heterosexuals had engaged in male-to-female anal sex. Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, working in the 1940s, had found that number to be closer to 40% at the time. More recently, a researcher from the University of British Columbia in 2005 put the number of heterosexuals who have engaged in this practice at between 30% and 50%.[57] According to Columbia University's health website, Go Ask Alice!: "Studies indicate that about 25 percent of heterosexual couples have had anal sex at least once, and 10 percent regularly have anal penetration."[58]

Female to male (pegging)

A woman wearing a strap-on dildo about to engage in anal sex with a man.
See also: Pegging (sexual practice)

Pegging is a sexual practice in which a woman penetrates a man's anus with a strap-on dildo.[59] Advice columnist Dan Savage wrote that he believes all men should try pegging at least once, as it may introduce them to a new enjoyable sexual activity and illuminate them to the receiver's perspective in sex.[60] A few instructional movies and books have emerged in recent years, including Bend Over Boyfriend, produced by Fatale Media, Inc., and directed by Shar Rednour, SIR Video co-founder. As an accomplished author of numerous sex guides and informational books on various sexual taboos, Violet Blue wrote and released "The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex" in 2007.

Homosexual

Male to male

19th-century erotic interpretation of Hadrian and Antinous, by Paul Avril

Historically, anal sex has been popularly associated with male homosexual sex. However, many do not engage in anal sex,[25][2] and some groups such as "frot" advocacy groups actively denounce anal sex as degrading toward the receptive partner, mimicking heterosexual vaginal sex, and as an unnecessary health risk.[61][62][63] Part of the rejection is due to the perceived "overly and unhealthily feminized self-image of gay men".[62] Two of the charges often leveled against male/male anal sex by frot advocates are that even with a condom, the objective medical risks of being anally penetrated outweigh the subjective pleasure; and furthermore, that in comparison to the "symmetry" of frot, anal sex tends to introduce an asymmetric and therefore "non-egalitarian" dimension to sex (i.e., one man is the "top" and the other is the "bottom").[63] Among men who do have anal sex, the insertive partner is referred to as the top or active partner. The man being penetrated is referred to as the bottom or passive partner. Preference for either is referred to as versatile.[64][65]

Though some gay men view anal sex as "[their] version of intercourse",[26] it is common for gay men to experience pain when being penetrated, and around one in ten find it too painful to continue.[66] Various studies indicate that between one tenth and one quarter of all males always experience pain during receptive anal sex, while another study of gay and bisexual men found that 61% considered pain during receptive anal sex as their most frequent lifetime sexual difficulty.[67] The experience of pain among insertive partners was rarer, with only three percent reporting it.[68]

Prevalence

According to Dr. John Dean and Dr. David Delvin, "in absolute numbers, it is hypothesized that more heterosexual couples have anal sex than homosexual couples".[2] The prevalence of anal sex among homosexual couples in the West has varied over time. Magnus Hirschfeld, in his 1914 magnum opus, The Homosexuality of Men and Women reports the rate of anal sex among homosexual men surveyed to be 8%, the least favored of all the practices documented.[69] Some scholars claim that oral sex and mutual masturbation are more common than anal stimulation among gay men in long-term relationships.[25]

By the 1950s in the United Kingdom, it was thought that about fifteen percent of male homosexuals practiced the method.[70] The Gay Urban Men's Study (P.I. Stall, UCSF) and the Young Men's Study (YMS, PI Osmond/Catania, UCSF), indicate that 50% of men surveyed engage in anal sex.[citation needed] The Laumann study claims that 80% of gay men practice it, while the remaining 20% never engage in it at all.[citation needed]

A survey conducted from 1994 to 1997 in San Francisco by the Stop AIDS Project indicated that over the course of the study, among men who have sex with men, the proportion engaging in anal sex increased from 57.6% to 61.2%.[71]

Female to female

A woman performing anal–oral sex on another woman.

Stimulating the anus for sexual pleasure is an important part of many lesbians' sex lives. The anus can be rimmed — the tongue moved around its edge — stroked or penetrated with the fingers or a dildo.[72] There are lesbians who like anal sex and others "who cannot bear the thought" of it.[73] In 1987, a non-scientific study (Munson) was conducted of more than 100 members of a lesbian social organization in Colorado. When asked what techniques they used in their last 10 lovemaking sessions, 100% were for kissing, sucking on breasts, and manual stimulation of the clitoris; more than 90% reported French kissing, oral sex, and fingers inserted into the vagina; and 80% reported tribadism. Lesbians in their their 30s were twice as likely as other age groups to engage in anal stimulation (with a finger or dildo).[29]

Daniel Villarreal of Queerty.com suggests that lesbians are better equipped to "teach heterosexual women" about anal sex than gay men are. "Firstly, they're women and anal sex feels different for women. Women lack that Giggity-spot called the prostate, so anal-loving [lesbians] know much more how anal sex feels as a woman than gay men ever could," he stated. "Most importantly though, women respond better to women. Ladies can approach the issue by discussing trust, communication, sobriety, HPV-prevention, and knowing your own body."[74]

Health risks

General

Anal sex exposes participants to two principal dangers: infections, due to the high number of infectious microorganisms not found elsewhere on the body, and physical damage to the anus and the rectum due to their vulnerability. It is generally understood that penetration can be painful.[75] Frequent anal sex is associated with hemorrhoids, anal prolapse, leakage, ano-rectal pain and ulcers and fissures.[76]

Experts say that as social mores ease, more young heterosexuals are engaging in anal sex, a behavior once rarely mentioned in polite circles. And the experimentation, they worry, may be linked to the current increase in sexually transmitted diseases.[77]

Anal sex carries with it a much greater risk of passing on sexually transmitted diseases than vaginal sex, as the anal sphincter is delicate tissue and the chances of a small tear occurring are much higher, which also provides more opportunity for diseases.[28][26][29][30] Condoms offer protection, but condoms are more likely to break or come off during anal sex, so this form of sex is riskier unless both parties are absolutely disease free.[78][79] Judy Kuriansky, a Columbia University professor and author, stated, "It really is shocking how many myths young people have about anal sex. They don't think you can get a disease from it because you're not having [vaginal] intercourse."[80] Anal sex without the use of a condom is often referred to as barebacking.[81]

HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases

Mucous membranes of the rectum.

Among the diseases with which anal sex is associated are HIV,[82] human papilloma virus (HPV) (which can increase risk for anal cancer)[83] typhoid fever[84] or sexual intercourse in general. Among these are: amoebiasis; chlamydia; cryptosporidiosis; E. coli infections; giardiasis; gonorrhea; hepatitis A; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; herpes simplex; human papillomavirus; Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (HHV-8);[85] lymphogranuloma venereum; Mycoplasma hominis; Mycoplasma genitalium; pubic lice; salmonellosis; shigella; syphilis; tuberculosis; and Ureaplasma urealyticum.[13][86][87][88]

The high concentration of white blood cells around the rectum, together with the risk of cuts to the rectum and that one of the functions of the rectum is to absorb fluid, increases the risk of HIV transmission because the HIV retrovirus reproduces within the immune system's T-cells/CD4 cells. Use of condoms and other precautions are a medically recommended way to lessen risk of infections. Unprotected receptive anal sex is the most risky sexual behavior in terms of HIV transmission.[89][90][91]

Increased risk of anal cancer

Anal cancer is relatively rare, accounting for about 1 percent of gastrointestinal malignancies, but as many as 4,000 new cases can be diagnosed within a year in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.[92][93] Most cases of anal cancer are related to infection with the human papilloma virus.[92][93] The incidence of the disease has jumped 160% in men and 78% in women in the last thirty years, according to a 2004 American study. The increase is attributed to changing trends in sexual behavior (such as a history of multiple sex partners, fifteen or more, or receptive anal sex) and smoking. If a current smoker, there is a fourfold increase in risk, though independent of other behavioral risk factors, such as sexual activity. Receptive anal sex increases the incidence sevenfold.[93] Among the female control group studied, 21.5 percent had reported practicing anal sex, a significant increase from a previous case-control study by epidemiologist Janet Daling (Ph.D., member of Fred Hutchinson's Public Health Sciences Division) and her colleagues, published in 1987, in which 11 percent of female controls had reported ever having anal sex. This and other studies also indicate that gay or bisexual sex among men is on the rise, which may account for the increase in anal cancer.[93] "The sharpest increase was among African American men, whose incidence of anal cancer has more than doubled in the past three decades. Black men also had a lower survival rate from the disease." The study reported that the five-year survival rate for black men with early stage disease was 62 percent as compared to 79 percent for white men with localized cancer. However, the survey also reported that black men were more likely than white men to report having had intercourse with another male in the last year. Regarding all the increases, whether or not sexual practices have changed, Daling, concluded, "[I]t also could be that people are just more likely to discuss their sexual behavior these days."[93]

Physical damage

Physical damage to the rectum and anus can manifest as generalized ano-rectal trauma, anal fissures,[13] rectal prolapse, and exacerbating (but not causing) hemorrhoids.[94] An insufficient amount of lubricant can make it especially painful or injurious.[95] Damage is more likely to occur if intercourse is forcible or aggressive or if alcohol or other drugs have dulled sensitivity.

Loss of control over the bowels, though rare according to some, is thought to be a valid concern[96] and is reported to be caused by repeated injury, or by the insertion of large objects,[97] or simply by regular anal sex, which "leads to internal sphincter dilation and soiling."[98]

A 1993 study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine found that fourteen out of a sample of forty men receiving anal intercourse experienced episodes of frequent anal incontinence.[99] However, a 1997 study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found no difference in levels of incontinence between homosexual men who engaged in anal sex and heterosexual men who did not, and criticized the earlier study for its inclusion of flatulence in its definition of incontinence.[100]

Dr. Jack Morin recommended kegel exercises to prevent loss of muscle tone from anal fisting or insertion of large objects in a presentation of clinical aspects of anal sexuality, delivered at the 1998 joint conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the American Association of Sex Educators. He added, however, that he had never personally observed "loosening" in any of his patients.[101]

Cultural issues

A shunga print depicting an older and a younger man

Historically, a number of cultures have recorded the practice of anal intercourse between men.

Ancient and non-Western cultures

The term "Greek love" has long been used to refer to the practice, and in modern times, "doing it the Greek way" is sometimes used as slang for anal sex. However, homosexual anal sex was far from a universally accepted practice in Ancient Greece. It was the target of jokes in surviving comedies; Aristophanes mockingly alludes to the practice, claiming that "Most citizens are europroktoi (wide-arsed) now."[102] While pedagogic pederasty was an essential element in the education of male youths, these relationships, at least in Athens and Sparta, were expected to steer clear of penetrative sex of any kind. There are very few works of pottery or other art that display anal sex between older men and boys, let alone with adult men. Most such works depict fondling or intercrural sex, which was not condemned for violating and feminizing the boys. Other sources make it clear that the practice was criticized as shameful,[103] and seen as a form of hubris.[104]

Two Roman males on the Warren Cup, British Museum

In later Roman-era Greek poetry, anal sex became a common topos, represented as taking place with "eligible" youths: those who had attained the proper age but had not yet become adults. Seducing children into the practice was considered very shameful for the adult, and having such relations with a male who was no longer adolescent was considered more shameful for the young male than for the one mounting him. Greek courtesans, or hetaerae, are said to have frequently practiced heterosexual anal intercourse as a means of preventing pregnancy.[105] The acceptability of anal sex thus varied with the time-period and the location, as Ancient Greece spanned a long time and stretched over three continents and two major seas.

For a male citizen to take the passive (or receptive) role in anal intercourse was condemned in Rome as an act of impudicitia (immodesty or unchastity). Free men, however, frequently took the active role with a young slave, known as a catamite or puer delicatus. In fact the Romans thought of anal sex as something specifically "Greek," although Roman men often availed themselves of their own slaves or others in this way.[106]

In Japan, records (including detailed shunga) show that at least some men in relationships with other men did engage in penetrative anal intercourse.

Man and woman having anal sex. Ceramic, Moche Culture. 300 C.E. Larco Museum Collection

Evidence suggestive of widespread heterosexual anal intercourse in a pre-modern culture can be found in the erotic vases, or stirrup-spout pots, made by the Moche people of Peru; in a survey[107] of a collection of these pots, it was found that 31 percent of them depicted heterosexual anal intercourse, more by far than any other sex act. Moche pottery of this type belonged to the world of the dead, which was believed to be a reversal of life. Thus the reverse of common practices was often portrayed. The Larco Museum houses an Erotic Gallery in which this pottery is showcased.

The 19th century anthropologist Richard Francis Burton has theorized that there is a geographical Sotadic zone wherein penetrative intercourse between men is particularly prevalent and accepted; moreover he was one of the first writers to advance the premise that such an orientation is biologically determined.[108]

Western cultures

In many Western countries, anal sex has generally been taboo since the Middle Ages when heretical movements were sometimes attacked by accusations that their members practised anal sex among themselves.[citation needed] At that time the mainstream Christian clergy was not celibate, but the highest orders of some heretical sects were, leading to rumours that their celibacy was a sign of their attraction to members of the same sex.[citation needed] The term buggery originated in medieval Europe as an insult used to describe the rumoured same-sex sexual practices of the heretics from a sect originating in Bulgaria, where its followers were called bogomils[citation needed]; when they spread out of the country they were called buggres (from the ethnonym Bulgars).[citation needed] Another term for the practice, more archaic, is "pedicate" from the Latin pedicare, with the same meaning.[109]

The Renaissance poet Pietro Aretino advocated the practice in his Sonetti Lussuriosi (Lust Sonnets).[110]

While men who engaged in homosexual relationships were generally suspected of engaging in anal sex, many such individuals did not. Among these, in recent times, have been André Gide, who found it repulsive;[111] and Noel Coward, who had a horror of disease, and asserted when young that "I'd never do anything – well the disgusting thing they do – because I know I could get something wrong with me."[112]

In religion

François-Rolland Elluin, Sodomites provoking divine wrath, from Le pot-pourri (1781)
Further information: Sodomy

Within the Abrahamic religions anal sex is often promulgated under the rubric of "sodomy", which could include various other transgressions of a sexual nature, whether with men, women or animals. This idea is vividly brought to life in the popular interpretation of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, where the people were prone to sexual immorality, and as a result were destroyed. There are conflicting views as to why Sodom was destroyed.

Judaism

Orthodox Judaism teaches that sodomy is a sin and an abomination.

Christianity

In Christian countries it has often been referred to euphemistically as the peccatum contra naturam (the sin against nature, after Thomas Aquinas) or Sodomitica luxuria (sodomitical lusts, in one of Charlemagne's ordinances), or peccatum illud horribile, inter christianos non nominandum (that horrible sin that among Christians is not to be named).[citation needed]

Islam

Main article: Islamic view of anal sex

Liwat, or the sin of Lot's people, is officially prohibited by most Islamic sects. There are parts of the Qur'an which talk about smiting on Sodom and Gomorrah, and this is thought to be a reference to unnatural sex, and so there are hadith and Islamic laws which prohibit it. Practitioners of anal relations are called luti and are seen as criminals in the same way that a thief is a criminal, meaning that they are giving in to a universal temptation. Liwat with a woman is known as lesser liwat and with a man as greater liwat. "

Buddhism

Further information: Sexuality and Buddhism and LGBT topics and Buddhism

The most common formulation of Buddhist ethics is the Five Precepts. These precepts take the form of voluntary, personal undertakings, not divine mandate or instruction. The third of the Precepts is "To refrain from committing sexual misconduct."[113] However, "sexual misconduct" (Sanskrit: Kāmesu micchācāra literally "sense gratifications arising from the 5 senses"") is subject to interpretation relative to the social norms of the followers.[114] In fact, Buddhism, in its fundamental form, does not define what is right and what is wrong in absolute terms for lay followers. Therefore the interpretation of what kinds of sexual activity are acceptable for a layperson is not a religious matter as far as Buddhism is concerned.[115]

Buddhism teaches that sensual enjoyment and desire in general, and sexual pleasure in particular, are hindrances to enlightenment.[116] Buddhist monks and nuns of most traditions are expected to refrain from all sexual activity and take vows of celibacy; lay people, however, are not expected to refrain from any specific form of sexual activity, and there is no concept of sinfulness attaching to sex.

Hinduism

See also: History of sex in India and LGBT topics and Hinduism

See also

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Further reading

  • Bentley, Toni The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir, Regan Books, 2004.
  • Brent, Bill Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Men, Cleis Press, 2002.
  • Hite, Shere The Hite Report on Male Sexuality
  • Houser, Ward Anal Sex. Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. Dynes, Wayne R. (ed.), Garland Publishing, 1990. pp. 48–50.
  • Manning, Lee The Illustrated Book Of Anal Sex, Erotic Print Society, 2003. ISBN 978-1-898998-59-4
  • Morin, Jack Anal Pleasure & Health: A Guide for Men and Women, Down There Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-940208-20-9
  • Sanderson, Terry The Gay Man's Kama Sutra, Thomas Dunne Books, 2004.
  • Strong, Bill with Lori E. Gammon Anal Sex for Couples: A Guaranteed Guide for Painless Pleasure Triad Press, Inc.; First edition, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9650716-2-8
  • Tristan Taormino The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, Cleis Press, 1997, 2006. ISBN 978-1-57344-028-8
  • Underwood, Steven G. Gay Men and Anal Eroticism: Tops, Bottoms, and Versatiles, Harrington Park Press, 2003
  • Webb, Charlotte Masterclass: Anal Sex, Erotic Print Society, 2007.
  • DeCitore, David Arouse Her Anal Ecstasy (2007) ISBN 978-0-615-39914-0

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