Sodom and Gomorrah: Penetrating Anal Sex.
‘Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.’ – Kraus Karl
‘My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.’ - W. Somerset Maugham
Immorality and Inhibition
According to the Bible, Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities destroyed by God for their sins of homosexuality, sodomy and rape; thankfully, today the powers that be tend to blow cities up for slightly different reasons (largely economic) rather than motivated solely by a person or a culture’s sexual predilections. However you view the subject, anal sex has always been shrouded in darkness and sinister taboo. For most people, it’s the final sexual transgression that automatically disgusts and appals, and for some it is the secret relish of sex. This commentary is a probe into the issue of anal love, sexual pleasure and morality. Y’know, just an everyday light topic for to mull over…so make a cup of tea, get completely naked, sit down quietly and read…
Morality sexuality and sexual pleasure have forever been antagonists. In the three Monotheistic religious world faiths, Islam Christianity and Judaism respectively, every hint of sexuality is frowned upon as sin, every sexual act, thought, deed, imaginative possibility; every claim to sensuality, intimacy and satisfaction is at once demonised with a thin layer of guilt, grief, confusion and perversion. The greater the immorality and outrage that is felt toward a particular sexual deed the further increased becomes the inhibition toward such an act. Of course, we do not need to partake in these sexual performances ourselves, nor do we need to be unduly scandalised. At the very least we can endeavour to understand the perspective, appreciate the physical possibility of anal sex, and liberate our awareness. On the other hand, we must be able to tolerate intolerance.
The more immoral behaviour is deemed the greater inhibition there is in confronting, understanding and eventually overcoming those behaviours. Of course, if an act is no longer deemed immoral by society then it is acceptable, but with that logic a person could justify all kinds of hideous sexual ethics, abuse and exploitation, in a very real threatening sense. This is not a call to unlock all lascivious vice and unbridled lechery, there has to be a moral line drawn somewhere, to have some perspective, take account. A person can be actively sexual active and morally upstanding, ironically, not at the same time! Secular society can be caricatured as amoral and open to any vice, partaking in foreplay, and using different orifices and sexual positions, though highly private, does not make you a moral monster, far from it. Eroticism, sexual play and specifically anal sex, do not mean that a person cannot be loyalty, monogamous, loving and uphold personal and social values.
Fleshing it out
Biologically, for many males, the tightness of the anus is the source of pleasure, and the presence of the prostate gland (the male G spot) near the rectal wall is a source of pleasure during receptive anal intercourse. A sexual climax for the recipient (referred to colloquially as an anal orgasm) can occur through anal sex. For the female, the rectum shares a wall with the vagina, and the sexual nerves are actually closer on that side, which makes the sensation unique and gratifying. Anal sex is predominantly associated with homosexuality, but homosexuality is not alone in its love of the anus and anal pleasure. Many heterosexual couples part in the deed of joy with great regularity. Indeed, many women enjoy anal sex. And in some cases, it’s not always the active man penetrating the passive female partner in some rare cases the active female partner will be enter the passive male by means of a dildo, of course, this behaviour is a little outlandish but it does happen, the fact that it happens doesn’t justify it, but acknowledging it happens should help us come to terms with the fact that any variant you can imagine of human sexuality has already happened, some of the most controversial must be mentioned if only by name – fletching, rimming or more correctly anilingus. These behaviours are highly risqué and the risk of illness from bacteria is highly likely. All forms of anal pleasure must be considered against the backdrop of sexual health and well-being, so don’t destroy yourself with supposed sexual love! Protect your self with preparedness and full knowledge of the matter. Have a healthy view and development of sexual behaviour and sexual health.
Of course many readers may rightly shout – O My God! The anus is for excretion! How minging is that! Your penis gets all dirty! Minging pervs! – And the answer is more often than not yes! But then again, the vagina and the penis are also made for excretion. But, anal sex need not be dirty. The body can be clean before sex (and if you’re very organised have an enema), of course, in the heat of passion you’re not likely to say – shall we nip for a quick wash, deary. But if you think about it giving a good scrub and clean allows for a sterile and perfectly dirt free body (great for preventing dirty, s.t.d.s and other illnesses) if your going to use the body like a work bench, keep it unpolluted clean, like a beautiful landscape. Protect yourself against H.I.V and A.I.D.S and any number of s.t.d.s like chancroid, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. All sexual behaviours that involve contact with another person or the bodily fluids of another person should be considered to contain some risk of transmission of sexually-transmitted diseases, though anal is considered one of the most risky so, be aware, use condoms, be clean, and abstain regularly. As Spike Milligan once apt said: Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. Be safe people!
It’s in our hands…
A common criticism against Anal Sex is that it is not productive. Come on! What kind of capitalistic interpretation of sexual behaviour is that, that sex must only be for procreation and nothing else, as though every sexual act is being monitored by your local council, under cost-benefits analysis, paying close attention to its social utility, its contribution to human society. Pleasure, intimacy, love and mutual feeling are totally valid grounds for many aspects of non-procreative sexual activity.
On the other hand, people are obsessed with sex. The media is obsessed with selling sexuality. Sex is biological but it is also a social construct. Pornography has done to sex what the microwave has done to cuisine – cheapened it! We must not feel obligated to orientate our lives entirely around our sexual relations. Sex and sexuality should not be the centre of self; it should never be the main force or drive – the centre of gravity – that’s just myopic, slovenly, and ultimately loveless. Sex is but a portion of the human experience, albeit a very important one, but it is not the Alpha and Omega of being. So enjoy sex. Be wise enough to know when to refrain from sex. Have healthy sex. Have sex with mutual reciprocation. Have as much sex as you want but make sure your motivations are not deluding you. Have some self control, self respect, and no one has yet to die from not having sex though the reverse cannot be said. Get realistic, pleasure has its place, and we all need excesses at times perhaps, just don’t become an addict, a glutton, a sexual succubus, a sexual force pummelling and conquering all the brothels and ladies and men of Europe! Remember people, there is a lot tube said for not being sexually obsessive, or a slave to every passing desire.
Cocksure and Safe
Outside of procreation, the creative qualities of sex for sex’s sake are not hard to concede. But if we can have a greater attitude of accountability for sex and our sexual appetite perhaps we can take more responsibility for it. Get at it rabid rabbits. But don’t create a bunny farm, or become host to a hive of sexually transmitted diseases. If you love sex – give it a break some times – it’s good business. Whether straight gay bisexual omni sexual asexual or polymorphous perverse have fun, explore, be adventurers, but take heed, respect the body, respect sex, sing the body electric, with care preparation and self-control.
Links:
analsexyes.com/ - Advice on healthy approach to anal eroticism
sexuality.org/ - Website for human sexuality and anal sex
sexaa.org/ - Advice and information for sexual addiction
Note: All information in this article is provided for informative purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. 
