# Merit of anal and oral sex

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-of-anal-and-oral-sex/170174>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 21, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-of-anal-and-oral-sex/170174 "2003-04-21T23:47:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Susma\_Rio\_Sep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Susma\_Rio\_Sep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susma_Rio_Sep)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-of-anal-and-oral-sex/170174/1 "2003-04-21T23:47:33Z")

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The merit of anal sex and oral sex

For you guys, after you have satisfied your libidinous curiosity with vagina, and clitoris, and labia majora and labia minora, in other words with all the vulva and its adjuncts, anal sex is very convenient in terms of preventing unwanted pregnancy; and you can still use your hands and figures for other sex probings.

For you girls, after you have satisfied your libidinous curiosity with the penis and all its adjuncts, oral sex is very convenient in terms of preventing uninvited pregnancy; and you still have your hands and fingers for other sex probings.

I would most emphatically however counsel that both parties should be agreeable, and very important also observe the common sense dictates of hygiene, sanitation, and aesthetics.

If you feel bad about it afterwards, that will pass eventually.

Eventually, you and your partner will be able to say to each other, “That was fun and good, we’ll do it again next time when we have the urge and the time”.  
And remember, also very important:

“Primum non nocere;  
Ultimum non nocere;  
Interim numquam nocere.”  
Susma Rio Sep

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-of-anal-and-oral-sex/170174/2 "2003-04-22T00:07:54Z")

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What’s the debate? And why assume the heterosexual male penetrates female version only?

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**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-of-anal-and-oral-sex/170174/3 "2003-04-22T00:22:30Z")

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I find the tone of this post to be absolutely bizarre. Even a touch surreal.

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> Eventually, you and your partner will be able to say to each other, “That was fun and good, we’ll do it again next time when we have the urge and the time”.

Is this supposed to be a parody of those 1950’s hygiene short films?

I’ll echo **Bippy** , where’s the debate? Perhaps if you worded your post in a way that sounded less like a “Zippy” comic strip, we’d understand what point you’re trying to make.

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-of-anal-and-oral-sex/170174/4 "2003-04-22T00:30:57Z")

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Must have been one magical night…

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-of-anal-and-oral-sex/170174/5 "2003-04-22T00:59:40Z")

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Susma:

OK, I’ll say it. I’m REALLY impressed that you know some Latin. However, if you are sincere about people remembering something important, you might want to use English, or at least one of the languages still in use today.

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-of-anal-and-oral-sex/170174/6 "2003-04-22T02:28:44Z")

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[Moderator Hat ON]

Don’t see the debate, and not sure if it would be a _Great_ Debate anyhow.

[Moderator Hat OFF]