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Anal sex principally refers to penile-anal penetration but also includes anal fingering, use of sex toys such as dildos, butt plugs and anal beads, anilingus, and pegging. Health authorities use "anal sex" broadly to cover any form of anal sexual activity, while "anal intercourse" is sometimes reserved specifically for penile-anal penetration.
A 2010 clinical review by Kimberly R. McBride found that 51% of men and 43% of women in a sample had participated in at least one act of oral-anal sex, manual-anal sex, or anal sex toy use. Among those who reported anal intercourse in the past year, 69% of men and 73% of women were in exclusive monogamous relationships.
No. Research shows that not all homosexual men engage in anal sex; a 2011 Journal of Sexual Medicine study found anal sex occurred in fewer than half of recent sexual encounters between homosexual men, with oral sex and mutual masturbation being more common. Anal sex also occurs in heterosexual and lesbian relationships.
Unprotected receptive anal sex with an HIV-positive partner is the sex act most likely to result in HIV transmission. The anal sphincter is delicate and tears readily, allowing pathogens to enter. Most cases of anal cancer are linked to HPV infection, often contracted through unprotected anal sex; the American Cancer Society estimated approximately 9,760 new anal cancer cases in the United States in 2023.
Views varied widely. Ancient Sumerians regarded it as acceptable, and Entu priestesses used it as a method of birth control. Ancient Greece condemned passive anal intercourse for male citizens as shameful while permitting intercrural sex. The Moche people of Peru depicted male-female anal intercourse in 31% of a surveyed collection of erotic pottery.
Most Islamic sects officially prohibit same-sex anal intercourse under the concept of liwat, associated with the sin of Lot's people. Men who practice same-sex anal intercourse are called luti or lutiyin and are treated as criminals under some Islamic legal frameworks. Iran's Penal Code, Article 110, specifies execution as the punishment for those convicted of anal sex.