Rise in popularity of anal sex has led to health problems for women in the UK

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  1. How about “Rise in popularity of anal porn amongst men has made more men demand anal sex from their partners which in turn has led to health problems for women in the UK”?

  2. >National Survey of Sexual Attitudes research undertaken in Britain has found that the proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds engaging in heterosexual anal intercourse has risen from 12.5% to 28.5% over recent decades. Similarly, in the US 30% to 45% of both sexes have experienced it.

    >of both sexes have experienced it.

    That must just be poorly worded. Surely 1 in 3 straight young men in the US have not had their anal passage used?

  3. I had an ex girlfriend who introduced me to the “poophole loophole”.. basically she was almost exclusively anal because she didn’t like what the pill did to her and there was minimal chance of her getting pregnant

  4. Anal sex has been happening since the time of ancient the Greece and probably before. It will continue to happen but there are right and wrong ways to be doing it. 🙂

    [EDIT] Just as an fyi a woman’s clitoris isn’t just at the front and can often be touching the rear wall of the lower rectum. Hence some women can orgasm anally.

  5. People need better education on how to do it safely and also to avoid being pressured or pressuring anyone into it

  6. >In the journal, they said “anal intercourse is considered a risky sexual behaviour because of its association with alcohol, drug use and multiple sex partners”.

    Says it all really.

  7. I think a big part is cleanliness and prep. Generally speaking the female genitalia naturally ‘cleans itself’ and doesn’t require physical preparation before intercourse (yes lol, get her wet etc.) but safe anal sex does require cleaning, douching and stretching (or relaxing) to minimise the risks of infection, anal tears and STIs.

  8. The idea of anal is always better than the actual act. My wife and I dabbled with it, but if I’m honest the sensation always feels a bit lacking. You have a tight ring of pressure, but once you’re past that it doesn’t feel like much. Same experience with previous girlfriends.

    The vagina and mouth provide 100x more sensation, in my view.

    My wife equally has had mixed success. One time she thought it was pretty great, but most other times has just been a bit meh, or slightly uncomfortable.

    I’ll be honest, after having my prostate checked a few years back by a slightly rushed doctor, I haven’t asked her for it since, and she hasn’t asked me.

    I think the main stimulation from anal for straight men is the psychological aspect. Certainly wouldn’t turn it down, but equally wouldn’t propose it.

  9. Speaking aa a woman, I’ve had past partners nag me to try anal, and my other women friends have had the same experience. So this doesn’t entirely surprise me- lack of enthusiasm means you’re not going to prepare adequately.

  10. This is why I only let bi guys do it, they tend to know what they are doing. So many straight guys think you can just pop it in without lube and hammer away.

  11. I had a bout of constipation that was so traumatic I had to lie down afterwords. Since then, I’ve been turned off from butt stuff.

  12. As a straight man I have zero interest in anal and think the obsessing over it is abit strange like it’s been popularised in porn and now it’s a thing? Not for me.

  13. I think this is absolutely tragic and I fear for young girls entering the world of sex and dating in this day and age. When I was young nobody asked, it wasn’t expected, at school a guy got nicknamed and ridiculed because he asked a girl to do it.

    Dating years later after porn and smartphones, guys sometimes try it without even asking, or try and gaslight girls into thinking it’s normal and expected. Awful.

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