# Anal Sex is Unnatural **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 15, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452 "2001-05-15T00:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/141 "2001-05-22T20:39:27Z")
Phelps would probably say you’ve been tricked by Satan. Or that God is testing your faith. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Darqangelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Darqangelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darqangelle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/142 "2001-05-24T10:48:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Der Kommissar \* > **You’re analogy is flawed.** …so’s _your_ English… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/143 "2001-05-25T07:06:21Z")
I think it would be difficult to understand _what_ Phelps is saying, what with the foam and the barking. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/144 "2001-05-26T17:59:58Z")
For whatever value it may have: **stick it up your ass** is not a term of endearment. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/145 "2001-05-26T18:22:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _originally posted by Esprix_ > > …how big are your dumps? If any of them are significantly bigger than a man’s penis, you’re either getting fucked by some **very lesser-endowed men,** or you need to see a doctor about your bowel movements. > > Don’t forget that gentlemen may also be _rectified_ by women with strap-on…\*\* I think the proper term is either [_punt_ or _bob._](http://www.thestranger.com/2001-05-24/savage.html) We will find out next week. ---
**Author:** ![urban1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d07c76/32.png) [@urban1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/146 "2001-05-27T03:50:29Z")
> [@](#): > > placement of the prostate just couldn’t be any more perfect If the human body was, in fact, designed to order by an all-knowing deity, these details are far too related to be coincidental. Also, the buttal area is extremely rich in nerve endings; something that shouldn’t be necessary if it were used only as a refuse chute. ---
**Author:** ![Rog668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@Rog668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rog668)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/147 "2001-05-27T09:23:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Der Kommissar \* > \*\*You’re analogy is flawed. > > A computer keyboard is every bit as natural as a beaver’s dam. > > But if you use it for the wrong purposes (such as downloading pictures of anal sex) then you’re a pervert. > > Alles klar? (sorry, couldn’t resist) > > \*\* \*\*\* WHEW \*\*\*\*… Beaver is still natural. Check. I gotta go, guys. I’ve got to go hollow out the tree in my damn lawn so I can hop in and canoe to the middle of the Boundary Waters (Minnesota thing) and have my way with all the beaver in the region. - Rog ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/148 "2001-05-27T23:49:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mekhazzio \* > \*\*The rear end is much better suited to receiving and stimulationg a penis than, say, the mouth or hand is. And it just so happens that a penis does an excellent job of stimulating the rump in return…particularly to other males. \*\* Well, since we’re discussing anal sex anyway…ok, I understand the whole prostate thing in men, but what about women? Assuming neither of them was doing anything else to stimulate her, would she get off? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/149 "2001-05-28T00:49:09Z")
Women do not have a prostate, but some claim to enjoy the experience, prostate notwithstanding. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/150 "2001-05-28T06:42:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\*[ > > I understand the whole prostate thing in men, but what about women? Assuming neither of them was doing anything else to stimulate her, would she get off? \*\* Sometimes, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/151 "2001-05-28T06:51:51Z")
You know, I was just wondering: what’s the record for the largest number of posts to a thread after the OP fled? -Ben ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/152 "2001-05-29T16:21:45Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by kniz_: > > For whatever value it may have: **stick it up your ass** is not a term of endearment. Neither is “fuck you”. What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452/153 "2001-05-30T05:35:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*\*ElvisL1ves \*\* > Now, can someone PLEASE provide a good working definition of “unnatural”? **Unnatural** _adj._ Something _I_ would never consider doing. Like, for example. . . Umm. . . Well, I can’t think of anything off hand. Can I get back to you on that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-is-unnatural/65452.md?page=7)