# Any difference in anal sex with gender of recipient **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-in-anal-sex-with-gender-of-recipient/590606 "2011-07-28T12:33:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-in-anal-sex-with-gender-of-recipient/590606/21 "2011-07-29T06:17:11Z")
Based on my experiences with the women I have known. I doubt a variation between “No” and “oh god this is great” can be safely established with men. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-in-anal-sex-with-gender-of-recipient/590606/22 "2011-07-29T15:50:40Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Is that healthy? I’m not sure I’d like it if my anus were…um, loose. In my personal experience, as well as from whatever I’ve ever read, this is not a real issue. The sphincter can be relaxed through stimulation, but barring any actual muscular damage, will go back to its natural puckered state pretty quickly. Even then, a relaxed sphincter is not the same as a loose one. In fact, to be a bit disgustingly frank, penis sized objects tend to pass through there on a regular basis. The only people I’ve heard pushing that argument are those who refrain from anal sex for that exact reason. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-in-anal-sex-with-gender-of-recipient/590606/23 "2011-07-29T16:59:10Z")
> [@kombatminipig](#): > > In fact, to be a bit disgustingly frank, penis sized objects tend to pass through there on a regular basis. ))\<\>(( ---
**Author:** ![BowlOfDucks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BowlOfDucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BowlOfDucks)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-in-anal-sex-with-gender-of-recipient/590606/24 "2011-07-29T17:18:38Z")
I’d always heard that a big part of the pleasure men get from receptive anal sex, is through prostate stimulation. Women lacking a prostate would lack this. Though since the bowel and vagina are next to each other, it’s not unheard of for some women to get g-spot stimulation anally. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-in-anal-sex-with-gender-of-recipient/590606/25 "2011-07-29T17:21:54Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Seems to me this would be susceptible to a controlled, blind study. For the love of all things good, please NEVER link to such a study. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-in-anal-sex-with-gender-of-recipient/590606/26 "2011-07-29T17:30:02Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > ))\<\>(( I seriously wish I knew how to make a pair of ascii-fists. With a ring on one finger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-in-anal-sex-with-gender-of-recipient/590606.md?page=1)