[jns]

After all, no matter what we think of it, it's pretty obvious that physiologically it wasn't meant to do that (unlike the vagina).

I'm not on who always agrees with obviously. Those two locations are nearby and I wouldn't be positive that "accidentally" going into the other one might not have occurred. Do animals "accidentally" get in the "wrong" place? It seems to me that some male dogs try to mount other male dogs from time to time. If such things sometimes occur, the body probably is physiologically strong enough to take it, but maybe not on a continuous basis.

Large male dogs sometimes try to mount small female dogs in heat and cause a lot of damage to parts that are supposed to take it (thinking of the Sheng Wang quote).

[Stillness]

My suspicion is that it's like cigarettes or being obese. Some people will notice the damage right away and avoid it. Others will notice the damage and keep doing it because they like it. And others will say they don't see any damage and their grandma did it every day and lived to 100. I can see how everyone will have a different experience with it, but I can't imagine it's good for anyone.

I had a bad drunken experience with it that turned me off from it a long time ago. My lady said that she wasn't right for years afterwards. At first I was disappointed. But then I started to associate it with pain and it took my desire for it away. Now I don't understand why I did. Forbidden? Variety? I don't know. I guess, like rcoreyus says, desire doesn't have to be logical.

[jen1447]

I'm not on who always agrees with obviously. Those two locations are nearby and I wouldn't be positive that "accidentally" going into the other one might not have occurred. Do animals "accidentally" get in the "wrong" place? It seems to me that some male dogs try to mount other male dogs from time to time. If such things sometimes occur, the body probably is physiologically strong enough to take it, but maybe not on a continuous basis.

Large male dogs sometimes try to mount small female dogs in heat and cause a lot of damage to parts that are supposed to take it (thinking of the Sheng Wang quote).

Oh, I'm sure all manner of things have occurred lol. My point is just that the biological function of that part of the body is to move waste outbound, period, while the function of the vagina is among other things to accommodate a penis for procreation.

Beyond that, my point was moreso that the extremes are potentially harmful, I think quite obviously. Having a finger or a normal sized penis in there once in a while is a world of difference away from having it dilated like your birthing a calf by some heavy duty pornstar sized guy or by large objects.

My suspicion is that it's like cigarettes or being obese. Some people will notice the damage right away and avoid it. Others will notice the damage and keep doing it because they like it. And others will say they don't see any damage and their grandma did it every day and lived to 100. I can see how everyone will have a different experience with it, but I can't imagine it's good for anyone.

I'm not sure it's a safe assumption that there will be damage tho. I'm not a big practitioner (despite my commentary lol), but I've suffered no ill effects from the times I have.

[Stillness]

others will say they don't see any damage

I've suffered no ill effects from the times I have.

You just made my theory a proven fact.

Seriously, I don't think we disagree much. I don't think a few times is going to kill you any more than a few cigarettes will. The body is resilient.

[rcoreyus]

There are a lot of people who do it regularly with no problems. I've seen no warnings in the gay community about problems - again if done carefully. Done suddenly to someone who is not relaxed, not enough lube etc could of course case damage.

[Stillness]

There are a lot of people who do it regularly with no problems.

I don't know if I'm sold on that. I don't play around down there myself so I don't know firsthand and I don't think it's necessarily wrong, but I can't see how doing this all the time wouldn't have any bad effects. I can believe that some can do it without serious issues. It may even be issues they're unaware of, but I think tearing occurs no matter how much you lubricate because of the design and how weak the tissue is down there, doesn't it?

I'm open to the possibility that I'm wrong. I may be projecting my one experience and the ailment I used to deal with myself.

[Justice]

I found an article that quotes what I'd heard Dr. Drew say: -

Dr. Drew Pinsky has spoken many times stating that active anal sex can eventually lead to one having to wear a colostomy bag as the sphincter muscle no longer has the ability to contract and that the bowel will move without anything to stop it from excreting it's matter. The fact of the matter is the sphincter muscle was designed to retract muscularly from the inside out not vice versa. When the anal cavity is expanded over and over, that muscle will tear and fizzure and cannot like a leg muscle, be exercised back into its former shape and strength. In the most basic of terms, once its gone, its gone for good.


I am assuming this was meant to be taken seriously unlike that scare tactic about masturbation causing you to go blind.

[jen1447]

fwiw, I did a (very casual) Google search on "anal sex risks" the other day and from what I saw there seem to be an equal number of physicians who warn against or downplay the dangers of anal. I guess my common sense thinking is, anal has been around since the dawn of time, so there's been plenty of time to see and document negative effects. If it was common that you lost bowel control as a result, I'd think there would be people everywhere screaming at the top of their lungs not to do it. Dr. Drew is all well and good, but where is the medical consensus on this? The surgeon general among other entities (research groups, advocacy groups, health centers, etc.) is supposed to hold forth on public health risks.