Anal play can be as intense as full-on penetration or as gentle as a finger pressing against the anus. Of course, not everyone is into anal or has to be! Although anal activities are commonly associated with gay male partners, people of all sexual orientations and identities participate in them. In fact, 46 percent of women admit to trying anal sex.
People of all genders have an abundance of nerve endings in the rectum and area surrounding the anus. The sensitive membranes, which make up the internal and external sphincter muscles, control the opening and closing of the anus, facilitating pain or pleasure during penetration. Not to worry, female bodies also enjoy this stuff! In general, anal works well with domination and submission because it can result in such an exciting power play dynamic.
Its cultural associations with taboo thrills people. You can stick plenty of things in your butt, by yourself or with consenting partners β penises, dildos or even cucumbers.
But there is plenty more to explore besides just sticking a phallic object all the way in there. Sex toys make great tools to stimulate an anus. Anal beads are multiple spheres attached together and inserted through the anus and into the rectum.
When removed at varying speeds , the balls pass through the narrow sphincter of the anus, which is full of nerve endings. Some even vibrate! Butt plugs are also inserted into the rectum for pleasure. They look similar to a dildo, but tend to be shorter, and have a flared end so that the device will not get lost inside the rectum. In fact, anything you put in your butt should have a flared end β nobody wants to go to the hospital because they have something stuck up there unlike the vagina, which ends at the cervix, rectums just keep on going.
