# At what point does anal sex with a taller woman become impossible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 4, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844 "2017-05-04T09:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/21 "2017-05-04T14:01:10Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > Technically, it is impossible if he has been gelded _ **or** _ she has had her asshole sewed shut. Actually, it is **and** , _if_ he has the right [tool](https://www.google.com/search?q=stitch+puller&rlz=1C1SAVI_enUS598US598&source=lnms&tbm=isch). ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/22 "2017-05-04T14:01:14Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > ISTM that given the OPs apparent (and puzzling) expectation that both parties be standing upright on the deck rigidly at Parade Rest, it would be an advantage for the woman to BE a few inches taller, due to angles of entry… I know I shouldn’t tell jokes in GQ and spoil the serious discussion and analysis, but this was one of my parents’ favorite jokes (from the war era) and I’ve never had a chance to tell it before… So the DI makes the recruits fall out, and to be especially mean he makes them strip before they line up in ranks. As he stomps up and down the line of naked boots, he occasionally stops to punch them. He punches one candidate in the stomach. “DID THAT HURT?” he roared. “SIR, NO SIR!” the boot roared back. “WHY NOT!” “BECAUSE I’M A MARINE, SIR!” He punches another in the chest. “DID THAT HURT?” “SIR, NO SIR!” “WHY NOT!” “BECAUSE I’M A MARINE, SIR!” He kicks another in the shin. “DID THAT HURT?” “SIR, NO SIR!” “WHY NOT!” “BECAUSE I’M A MARINE, SIR!” He slaps one hard on the dong. “DID THAT HURT?” “SIR, NO SIR!” “WHY NOT!” “BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO THE MAN BEHIND ME, SIR!” ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/23 "2017-05-04T14:08:28Z")
When she says “No.” :smack: > [@Spiderman](#): > > Actually, it is **and** , _if_ he has the right [tool](https://www.google.com/search?q=stitch+puller&rlz=1C1SAVI_enUS598US598&source=lnms&tbm=isch). :eek: OK, this, the context of this thread (heh!) made me shudder. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/24 "2017-05-04T14:12:50Z")
There is the story about the [rottweiler and the westie](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2518016/Tiny-male-Westie-mates-female-Rottweiler-twice-size-create-new-breed.html). ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/25 "2017-05-04T15:37:10Z")
Come on now, we need serious answers. Lie spoon fashion on bed, adjust offset. Man lies down facing up, woman sits on top. Very comfortable. Stairs. Also useful for the opposite problem, ie, woman too short. Reminds me of an old saying about dating a tall woman - “if you are toe to toe, your nose is in it, if you are nose to nose your toes are in it.” Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/26 "2017-05-04T15:45:48Z")
Women love anal sex. Because they all find male genitals repulsive and this way they don’t have to look at them. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/27 "2017-05-04T16:49:26Z")
In older homes, use the Yellow Pages. In millennial homes, stand on your smartphones. You can go viral at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/28 "2017-05-04T16:58:11Z")
Short men are as capable of saying “please!?” and “c’mon, I’ll go slow!” just as tall men, and tall women can easily say “no way!” like the rest of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/29 "2017-05-04T17:00:10Z")
_When is_ anal sex possible without her bending over? The mechanics are not literally like a train going into a tunnel you know. Do you mean bending her knees? ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/30 "2017-05-04T17:09:29Z")
I’m really not sure where the OP got the idea that people have sex only or primarily while standing up with no bending over (or specifically MF couples having anal sex). Traditional jokes about anal sex talk about the receiving partner being ‘bent over’, and porn tends to show either doggy style or ‘missionary on the edge of a bed/table with the man standing’, neither one of which have much of a height issue. So in answer to the OP, dude can stand on something to adjust his height, but probably they will just bend in some way because that’s vastly more common if they’re not trying for a challenge, and lots of bending angles mitigate any height difference. Also one of the ads at the bottom of the page for me is for [match.com](http://match.com) and has some woman’s face in a close-up, and the poor woman is likely associated with awkward unbent anal sex in my mind forevermore. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/31 "2017-05-04T17:10:17Z")
If this is a problem for you, there’s a handy swing available at some choice establishments. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/32 "2017-05-04T17:13:00Z")
The man starts by entering-- or mounting-- his good lady wife in the standard way. The penis should be, more or less, fully erect. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/33 "2017-05-04T17:16:07Z")
Oh lord, when I refreshed the page to check my post after the edit, an for bariatric surgery popped up with a guy standing with hands on hips, head cocked, and a big grin, next to a ‘get out of debt’ ad where a woman is holding her face in her hands with a haggard look. I think they may have tried the OP’s experience together, and he’s proud of himself while she is ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/34 "2017-05-04T17:27:33Z")
If they must be standing he cold dig a hole in the ground and have her stand in it. I may have seen this at the beach but I just kept walking so I can’t be 100% sure what they were doing. Maybe she was just giving me a moose eyed look. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/35 "2017-05-04T17:28:13Z")
I’m reminded of this old joke: Q: Why do Canadians prefer doggy style (or anal in the context of this thread)? A: Because that way they can \*both \*watch the hockey game. ---
**Author:** ![DudeManBro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@DudeManBro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudeManBro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/36 "2017-05-04T17:54:02Z")
How is it still consensual if she refuses to bend at the knees and hips and refuses to lay down at all? ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/37 "2017-05-04T18:00:59Z")
It never becomes impossible? I am not sure i understand the question correctly, is the OP unfamiliar with human anatomy? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/38 "2017-05-04T18:33:13Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > Oh lord, when I refreshed the page to check my post after the edit, an for bariatric surgery popped up with a guy standing with hands on hips, head cocked, and a big grin, next to a ‘get out of debt’ ad where a woman is holding her face in her hands with a haggard look. I think they may have tried the OP’s experience together, and he’s proud of himself while she is ashamed. As I first read this, I thought you were referring to an old Penthouse cartoon of a naked guy floating around the bedroom like a balloon. The woman in the bed says, “I’m sorry, George, I’ll never fart during anal sex again.” But I see you were talking about something else. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/39 "2017-05-04T18:52:47Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’m reminded of this old joke: > > Q: Why do Canadians prefer doggy style (or anal in the context of this thread)? > A: Because that way they can \*both \*watch the hockey game. Technically that was a line in the lyrics of The Bloodhound Gang’s millennial hit, “The Bad Touch” _Let’s do it doggie style so we can both watch X-Files…_ Which had the chorus: _You and me baby ain’t nothing but mammals, So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel._ === There’s also the story of the marine back home after basic training describing his first parachute jump… NSFW "The first guy got to the door and wouldn’t let go, so the sergeant pried his hands off the doorframe and threw him out of the plane. Same with the second guy… then it was my turn. I looked down and grabbed to doorframe. The sergeant tried to pry my fingers loose, but he couldn’t. The two others tried, but they still couldn’t make me jump. Then the Sarge whipped out his twelve-inch tool and told me, ‘son, if you don’t jump, i’m going to ream your backside out with this!’ " “So, then did you jump?” “Well, a little at first.” ---
**Author:** ![femmejean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844/40 "2017-05-04T18:57:02Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > It never becomes impossible? > I am not sure i understand the question correctly, is the OP unfamiliar with human anatomy? **Standing up** without the taller woman bending down to accommodate the man… I obviously know that they can both lie on a bed, chair, etc but If we’re talking about the activity while upright…I’m pretty damn sure that at some point, the anus would be too high for the shorter man to penetrate (correct me if I’m wrong…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844.md?page=3)