# Do women enjoy anal sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146 "2007-02-06T23:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/41 "2007-02-08T15:43:15Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] As I said, I’ve never tried it, but there are several possible answers: 1. The old “forbidden fruit” angle. Doing the naughtiest (not entirely disgusting) form of sex imaginable. 2. A sense of domination and violation of the woman. 3. The anus is a lot tighter than the vagina. (In most women; I’m sure there may be exceptions). 4. Pleasing the woman, if she is the kind who actually enjoys anal. 5. A way for a latent gay-in-denial to pretend he’s doing a guy. [/QUOTE] 6. Zero risk of pregnancy. That was an important consideration before modern birth control. The Cathars or Albigenses, a Medieval Gnostic sect in southern France, practiced anal sex because they believed it was wrong to produce still more flesh-imprisoned souls. (The sect had its origins in Bulgaria, from which we get the word "bugger.) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/42 "2007-02-08T16:49:05Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] 😕 Why? [/QUOTE] For some strange reason, some men like their women dry, hot and tight. I don’t know whether the women prefer it too (or just go along with it to keep the men interested) but if there was enough social pressure to make lubrication viewed as dirty or disgusting, I’m sure that would be all it took. Let’s not forget that a generation ago, vaginal deodorants were volume sellers in the West. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/43 "2007-02-08T17:50:35Z")
[hijack] My sister’s ex-boyfriend lost his virginity to an anus, because the girl was saving herself for marriage. I found that hilarious. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/44 "2007-02-08T17:57:20Z")
[QUOTE=Chotii] Of course, if they were from the tribes where ‘dry sex’ is practiced (women dry their vaginas up with herbal poultices and other methods, which makes them much more vulnerable to HIV and other infection from microlacerations to tissues not intended to be dry in the first place), and if their partners were circumcised, meaning the glans penis would be dry from exposure…given my choice between the hypothetical two, I think I might rather have the BM. [/QUOTE] It’s quite possible that these women had been circumcised as well, so maybe that was as good as it ever got. Si ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/45 "2007-02-08T18:18:41Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] 6. Zero risk of pregnancy. That was an important consideration before modern birth control. The Cathars or Albigenses, a Medieval Gnostic sect in southern France, practiced anal sex because they believed it was wrong to produce still more flesh-imprisoned souls. (The sect had its origins in Bulgaria, from which we get the word "bugger.) [/QUOTE] **NOOOOOOO!** Sorry, but one of my good friends was determined to remain a virgin until marriage. Oddly enough, she thought that anal sex didn’t “count”. :rolleyes: She got pregnant from it. Not only can a fissure occur in the thin membrane between the colon and the vagina, but when stuff…uh…leaks out…it can swim up the cervical fluid leaked out the vagina. Her OB confirmed that her hymen was intact when her mother freaked out. Not as likely as vaginal intercourse, I’ll give you. But it’s only effective contraception if it doesn’t matter if you get pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Chotii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Chotii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chotii)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/46 "2007-02-08T18:41:37Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] It’s quite possible that these women had been circumcised as well, so maybe that was as good as it ever got. Si [/QUOTE] It’s possible, though the article I will quote in part below does not address infibulated or other-mutilated sexual status among the women, but only cultural norms and the reasons behind them: [INDENT]Many men and women regard the smell of vaginal secretions as repulsive, the report says, plus they’re embarrassed by the noise of wet sex. Dry vaginas that are swollen with friction are also tighter; this pleases the men because it makes them feel larger. One common belief holds that loose, slippery vaginas are evidence of infidelity.[INDENT] [From Salon Magazine, Dec 10, 1999](http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/1999/12/10/drysex/) I still contend that I would far, far rather have a BM than dry vaginal sex. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/47 "2007-02-08T19:12:55Z")
Had it a few times with exes, don’t care for it. My husband is too big to attempt it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/48 "2007-02-08T19:28:31Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] **NOOOOOOO!** Sorry, but one of my good friends was determined to remain a virgin until marriage. Oddly enough, she thought that anal sex didn’t “count”. :rolleyes: She got pregnant from it. Not only can a fissure occur in the thin membrane between the colon and the vagina, but when stuff…uh…leaks out…it can swim up the cervical fluid leaked out the vagina. Her OB confirmed that her hymen was intact when her mother freaked out. Not as likely as vaginal intercourse, I’ll give you. But it’s only effective contraception if it doesn’t matter if you get pregnant. [/QUOTE] Good to know. **Very** good to know. “You can so get pregnant from anal” should be a basic fact taught in HS sex-ed courses, if it isn’t already. Ignorance smashed! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/49 "2007-02-08T19:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Good to know. **Very** good to know. “You can so get pregnant from anal” should be a basic fact taught in HS sex-ed courses, if it isn’t already. [/QUOTE] Tell me about it! Than again, how would you like to be the kid sitting in health class wondering if you were conceived while your dad took your mom up the butt? :eek: _Passes around the Brain Bleach._ ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/50 "2007-02-08T19:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] **NOOOOOOO!** Sorry, but one of my good friends was determined to remain a virgin until marriage. Oddly enough, she thought that anal sex didn’t “count”. :rolleyes: She got pregnant from it. Not only can a fissure occur in the thin membrane between the colon and the vagina, but when stuff…uh…leaks out…it can swim up the cervical fluid leaked out the vagina. Her OB confirmed that her hymen was intact when her mother freaked out. Not as likely as vaginal intercourse, I’ll give you. But it’s only effective contraception if it doesn’t matter if you get pregnant. [/QUOTE] Now there’s something you don’t hear everyday. That there is some heroic sperm. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146/51 "2007-02-08T20:16:31Z")
[QUOTE=Renee] [hijack] My sister’s ex-boyfriend lost his virginity to an anus, because the girl was saving herself for marriage. I found that hilarious. [/hijack] [/QUOTE] I lost my virginity in an anus, to a girl who didn’t want to get pregnant. It was her first time, too. Worked successfully for us (repeatedly!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146.md?page=2)