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Study: Anal Sex Has Never Been More Popular

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A new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine provides some intriguing figures when it comes to anal sex. Not only are more women than ever on the receiving end of it, so are guys. Straight guys.

It's like everyone's porn fantasies are coming true. A breakdown of the data shows that 20 percent of 18- and 19 year-old women have tried anal sex at least once, and 40 percent of women ages 20 to 24 have been successfully persuaded by their boyfriend to give it a whirl at some point in their lives. Not only are ladies trying it, but they're sticking with it, it seems. In 1992, only 10 percent of ladies had gotten it in the backdoor in the past year. Now 20 percent of women report they've done it in the past 12 months.

What about the guys? Eleven percent of men ages 20-24 report they've been on the receiving end of anal intercourse at some point in their lives. The percentage of men in their 30s who report having taken it in the bum is a bit lower, but the percentage of men in subsequent age brackets who have bottomed at least once is about 9 percent. Yet, only 4 percent of all men say they've been the receptive anal partner in the past year. That's a little surprising for two reasons. In 1992, only 2 percent of men reported being the catcher in the past year, which means the number of bottoms in the world has doubled in the past two decades.

Also, if between 9 and 11 percent of men have been the receiver in anal sex at some point, but only 4 percent received it regularly, that means either people are turning into tops (and anecdotal evidence suggests that is not the case) or straight guys are wondering what it's like to take it up the butt. Wow, maybe some of those guys posting in the m4m section of Craigslist really are straight.

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Original Article - http://www.slate.com/id/2269951/
Journal of Sexual Medicine webpage - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.2010.7.issue-s5/issuetoc
PDF - https://iucsr.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ezfiTiID8olStWA
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309 comments // Study: Anal Sex Has Never Been More Popular

  • NLCHOUSTON
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      NLCHOUSTON  
    • Very informative, it provide me with whole lot info.......as the says goes, to each its own....some might like it and or some my not in fact some might hate it!!!

    • 1 year ago
  • yossarian2222
  • MyronKeith
  • ayipis
    • -1
      ayipis  
    • Image
    • okay on a more serious note...

      do you have the balls to fight for your right to being gay??????????

      http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-10-09-gang-torture-new-york_N.htm

      "Anti-gay torture arrests stun neighbors in NYC"

      ".............................Police said the nine members of a gang that called itself the Latin King Goonies heard a rumor that one of their new recruits, a 17-year-old, was gay, and trapped and brutalized the men on Oct. 3-4.

      Investigators say the teen was stripped, beaten and sodomized with a plunger handle until he confessed to having had sex with a 30-year-old man who lives a few blocks away.

      The group found a second teen they suspected was gay and tortured him, too, police said. Finally, they invited the 30-year-old to the house, telling him they were having a party. When he arrived, they burned, beat and tortured him for hours. The attack included sodomizing him with a miniature baseball bat, police said................."

      ______________________________

    • 1 year ago
  • panichead
  • ayipis
  • indianagiordani
  • crystalman
    • -2
      crystalman  
    • Sex is a natural function designed to further the reproduction process and anything other than straight heterosexual penis-into-vagina sperm-into-fallopian tube is perverse and deviant, especially rumpy pumpy, which is virtually unknown in the animal kingdom, although a naturalist friend of mine in Holland did observe a male duck banging one of his deceased male companions. But that was non-consensual necrophilia. And then maybe he was tripping. The naturalist I mean.

    • 1 year ago
  • lordsbassman
  • lordsbassman
  • Saladin
    • +1
      Saladin  
    • crystalman:

      "Perverse" and "deviant" are fucking useless relative social terms that have nothing to do with biology.

      Keep your useless opinions away from demonstrable facts. Try as you might, there is no way to factually justify your pathetic strain of bigotry, oops I mean morality.

      And there is no such thing as unnatural as we are all natural creatures of the earth.

      And you're a complete god damn idiot if you don't think animals fuck anything and everything they see any way that they see fit.

      Research the bonobo, get back to me.

    • 1 year ago
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  
    • crystalman:

      FYI, a lot of animal species also procreate through forced sexual activity. That's called rape for anyone who needs it to be spelled out.

      Going with your argument that bux setts is unnatural and shouldn't be performed because it is unnatural, we can assume through natural observation that rape is indeed a natural phenomenon in the world. Therefor rape is something that we should be partaking in as a legitimate means of reproduction because it is indeed a naturally occurring phenomenon.

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
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      ayipis  
    • lordsbassman:

      funny you mentioned that..i just read an article and totally forgot that liberals have an explanation about your obsession...LOL..

      ".............Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, affects an estimated 2% of the population and can be one of the most difficult mental illnesses to endure. A severe manic state can cause people to spend money wildly, throw themselves into high-risk sexual encounters or lose their grip on reality. When depression takes over, they can feel exhausted, inert, even suicidal....."

      http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-bipolar-family-20101011,0,89588.story...

      back in the days they use to call it a "moron" but now its called bipolar disorder...LOL..

      well at any rate, i think what crystalman was trying to say is that you are a true credit to the human race...you had proved that you are superior compared to apes because you use your "superior intellect" to device shit like anal sex...just remember use a condom..no need to spread your shit around (no pun intended)

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
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      ayipis  
    • lordsbassman:

      now you are wandering off your main thing here that anal sex is not a gay thing..now what makes you think those animals are gay??..so if you want to put your "little weiner" in there..your gay???

      LOL>>>

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
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      ayipis  
    • Saladin:

      wow you totally lost it there..i guess anal sex is a very serious and sensitive issue for you......

      soo..does that mean you would "fuck" a donkey??? or the question is..would a donkey "fuck" you??? and in an even more mind boggling scenario..if you discovered your girlfriend or boyfriend just "fucked" a dog..what would you think?? that is a natural process?? a normal sexual function?? would you think of her or him as a deviant or a pervert or plain BIPOLAR?? or would you love her or him more??

      add that to your research.............LOL...

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  
    • ayipis:

      Way to ignore the argument.

      If anal sex is proven to be immoral because animals in a natural setting don't perform it, then by the same logic rape is proven moral because animals in a natural setting do perform it.

      Your choices are either:

      1) Refute the argument with one of your own.

      2) Make a comment that really has nothing to do with the argument, or refuting it, but at the same time makes you look like an ass hat.

      3) Shut the hole in your face that is traditionally used for pie, and move on.

      Based on your track record, I'm betting on choice number 2, but I suppose I could always be proven wrong...

    • 1 year ago
  • Dmerza1989
    • +1
      Dmerza1989  
    • First if any straight guys want to try it dont be ashamed to contact me :) and second its on a rise because its awesome! simple open and shut case! lol

    • 1 year ago
  • indianagiordani
    • +2
      indianagiordani  
    • diseases are on the rise because more and more people are becoming unsafely sexually promiscuous, a persons sexuality and partner preference really does not have to do with their risk of contracting a disease a persons daring not to be safe does, heterosexuals and homosexuals and bisexuals catch STIs/STDs from just not practicing safe sex with an infected person. bottom line.

    • 1 year ago
  • 2012AD
  • CalgarC
  • lordsbassman
  • freecrack
    • +2
      freecrack  
    • while im sure this is a religion baiting post, it really does seem so.i cant get through any porn these days with out seeing a bleached asshole.not to mention all the new fun exciting things that are coming to be popular via webcam chats.ill never see a lava lamp the same again

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
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      ayipis  
    • Image
    • just a little reminder....so when your "wondering" why you are not feeling too well...

      its obvious there is no stopping some people.................but just be informed

    • 1 year ago
  • Saladin
  • randallr01
  • ayipis
    • -4
      ayipis  
    • its a cycle...............people becomes comfortable and forgets the past..society gets overrun with some sort of disease...same people blame god and government...

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
  • randallr01
    • +2
      randallr01  
    • ayipis:

      Only the people in your camp forget history....

      You ignore The Crusades, Slavery, Women's Suffrage, Anti-Miscegenation Laws, the Witch Trials, the McCarthy Era....

      Conservatives like you pretend that the aforementioned events, and those like them, either never occurred or simply weren't a product of Conservative thinking.

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
  • ayipis
    • -1
      ayipis  
    • randallr01:

      okay when we get to the issue of .."The Crusades, Slavery, Women's Suffrage, Anti-Miscegenation Laws, the Witch Trials, the McCarthy Era..."

      then i will tell them to cover their asses..till then TAKE CARE OF YOUR ANUS..

      LOL.. conservative..liberal...your too tribal..

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
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      freecrack  
    • ayipis:

      right, so the responsable thing to do with that knowledge according to your post i was responding to, would be for us to cease having sex.just playing by your rules

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
    • 0
      ayipis  
    • freecrack:

      having sex is a normal act..putting your penis up an ass is reckless sex..goes kinda like girls eating turd off a weiner kinda reckless..get my meaning??

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
    • 0
      freecrack  
    • ayipis:

      your meaning is ownership to the word reckless.
      you go have yourself as much unprotected vaginal sex with dock whores, and ill keep banging away at my wifes ass, and lets see if you really have a grasp on what reckless is.
      ill even pitch in for your herpes medication, as i still wont have any std's despite my "reckless" behavior.

    • 1 year ago
  • Vierotchka
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      Vierotchka  
    • freecrack:

      Sure, no STDs, but E-coli up your unprotected urethra can eventually cause a urinary infection, a bladder infection, kidney infection, and even kidney failure requiring dialysis for life or a kidney transplant. Uprotected sodomy is likely what caused bin Laden's kidney failure.

    • 1 year ago
  • remanns
  • Ryan_Todd
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      Ryan_Todd  
    • Vierotchka:

      That is a possibility but highly unlikely. Men on average experience far far less urinary infections, let alone bladder infections than women do. This is because the urethra is a lot longer in men than it is in woman and the bacteria have a much longer distance to travel to do any harm. Also, you usually ejaculate during sex and pee afterward, which forces most of the bacteria out. If you are worried about anal sex causing health problems, you should be worried about HIV, not getting a bladder infection or kidney infection(again,highly unlikely).

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
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      freecrack  
    • Vierotchka:

      hey i could end up with poop on my shlong, or destroy my wifes ability to properly poo ever again, but the question is what is reckless.vaginal sex has its reckless behavior, as well as anal sex does.
      but some one doesnt seem to think so.some one thinks no vaginal sex qulifies as reckless, just anal sex does.so i invite hime to prove it.

    • 1 year ago
  • Vierotchka
    • -1
      Vierotchka  
    • Ryan_Todd:

      Medical science regards anal sex as "high-risk behavior". Physiologically, the anus is not designed for penetration by any hard object. The anal sphincter tightens ordinarily if stimulated, as a protective reflex action, and any attempt at penile insertion may be distressing, even if done slowly and gradually. If the penis is forced into the anus, injury is possible. The lining (mucus membrane) of the rectum is very thin, tears easily, does not heal fast and therefore is vulnerable to infections. Also, the tears can enlarge to a fissure or a crack leading to the outside of your body. These are painful and slow to heal. There is also a possibility that a fistula could open up, allowing faeces to re-route into the abdominal cavity or into the vagina. This can cause serious surgical complications. One may loose the control over the anal sphincter causing continuous involuntary leakage of faecal matter. There is also the increased risk of hemorrhoids, which are quite uncomfortable. Rectal prolapse - wherein the walls of the rectum protrude through the anus and hence become visible outside the body - is another surgical emergency that is seen resulting out of anal intercourse.

      Some of the micro-organisms that are normally present in the anus of even a healthy individual, are known for causing severe urinary infection if they enter the urethra and urinary tract. During anal sex the urethra actually enters the rectum, inviting infective bacteria into the urethra and thus the urinary tract. Repeated urinary infection can cause serious problems such as renal damage and even kidney failure.

      Masters & Johnson in their book on 'Sex and Human Loving' warn, that because bacteria are naturally present in the anus, anything that has been inserted into the anus if subsequently put into the vagina, can cause severe vaginal infections. Therefore moving from anal intercourse to vaginal intercourse is extremely hazardous.

      The rate of transmission of HIV (and other STDs) through anal sex is much higher compared to other penetrative sexual acts. It will be enlightening to know that the condom, which is thought to be a means of 'so-called safe sex', is not designed for anal sex by the manufacturers. Anal sex involves a totally different kind of pressure dynamics, and the latex or polyurethane condoms are not manufactured keeping these pressure dynamics in mind. The condom is far more likely to get torn during anal sex (thus paving the way for the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other STDs). Therefore I reiterate that anal sex even with the use of a condom is definitely a 'high risk behavior'.

    • 1 year ago
  • Ryan_Todd
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      Ryan_Todd  
    • Vierotchka:

      Whoa, I hope you cut and pasted that. Although, you did not present me with anything I wasn't already familiar with. I simply said urinary, bladder and kidney infections do not pose a great danger IF YOU ARE A MAN. A POSSIBILITY, yes, but not a likelihood. You are more likely to not get a urinary infection if your a man from having anal sex than you are to get one. Sorry to get personal, and maybe a bit crude, but for the sake of the discussion I'll be a bit candid. I have friends and I know this one guy who dated this one girl who like it in the butt and maybe from time time they didn't use protection (cough-cough) and that guy (cough-cough) never ever not once in the years of having unprotected anal sex has had a urinary tract infection or anything comparable. IT IS ANATOMICALLY DIFFICULT FOR MEN TO GET URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS.......PERIOD. So again, yes, medically speaking it is a possibility, but very unlikely. And I hate to draw upon my own personal reference but I have an undergrad in biology and I had to take an elective in sexual abnormalities and pathogenesis and the very issue of urinary tract infections and how they differ from male to female was discussed. Next time in your doctor's office ask; he or she will tell you the same.

      And as far as incontinence and prolapses go, you have to have a lot of anal sex over a long period of time for that to happen. I'm sure porn stars who take large dongs up the butt for a living will experience that more so than the average person who partakes in anal sex occasionally will.

    • 1 year ago
  • dmgatto
    • +2
      dmgatto  
    • I'm curious to know if the study was limited to only actual 'penis in anus' anal sex or extended to sex toy play as it is not unheard of for a straight woman to use a dildo or strap-on to pleasure her straight boyfriend.

    • 1 year ago
  • lordsbassman
  • randallr01
  • crystalman
  • UtopianSky
  • Varex_Sythe
  • crystalman
  • Varex_Sythe
  • ReverandG
  • juicie
  • Varex_Sythe
    • +2
      Varex_Sythe  
    • ReverandG:

      Really? I thought HIV and other STD's were on the rise because incompetent jackasses were trying to teach teenagers abstinence only sex ed which not only doesn't work, but keeps the teens ignorant of STD prevention like wearing a condom.

    • 1 year ago
  • ayipis
  • ayipis
  • ayipis
  • ayipis
  • freecrack
    • 0
      freecrack  
    • crystalman:

      but the idea that sodom was a wealthy town, and to know some one as well as meaning sex also meant to be aquianted cant be reasonable.it must be anal sex that did it, not greed driven fear.

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
    • +2
      freecrack  
    • ReverandG:

      aids is on the decline actualy, and the majority of cases are hetersexual.i think gays are at 4 or 5 now.nice try though, but libels just make ya look like a hatefull ass.even if not outright

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
    • 0
      freecrack  
    • ayipis:

      no it actualy does work.that is why they are repeatedly used despite them hampering the sex.unlike the libels against marijuana that have fallen on deaf ears as we keep on smoking, if condoms didnt work, do you really think we would keep using them.raw dogging is far more preferable.
      omg have you never gotten any to experience this first hand? im sorry for ya.

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
  • UtopianSky
    • +1
      UtopianSky  
    • ReverandG:

      And your religion is different from Islam how exactly?
      You are a ignorant bigot- so exactly what makes you better than any Islamic terrorist?

      It's a damn good thing that every day, there are fewer and fewer morons like you in the world.

    • 1 year ago
  • randallr01
    • 0
      randallr01  
    • crystalman:

      Your stupid fairy tale provides ZERO wisdom to us today. What happened to them again? Pillars of salt & a destroyed city?? Do you allege that this same fate will happen in today's time due to anal sex??

      This really only boils down to one point: Conservatives like you are obsessed with sex & the sex lives of others... What a perv.

    • 1 year ago
  • randallr01
    • 0
      randallr01  
    • ReverandG:

      You wouldn't happen to be black, would you, ReverandG? Because blacks have more AIDS than the rest. So wouldn't that mean you might have AIDS?

      With that logic, I think that we should prevent blacks from copulation. They must be stopped, lest they damn the entire nation!

      -[ THIS IS SATIRE ]-

    • 1 year ago
  • randallr01
  • Vierotchka
  • Vierotchka
  • Vierotchka
    • +1
      Vierotchka  
    • ReverandG:

      "AIDS is on the rise in this country along with every other STD" Are you implying that gays are having heterosexual sex? Because AIDS and STDs are on the rise among heteros, mainly.

    • 1 year ago
  • Deremoved
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  
    • ayipis:

      First off, an equal amount of effort has not been invested in teaching teenagers to wear condoms if they are going to have sex.

      Second, wasn't Dumbuldore supposed to be a homosexual character?

    • 1 year ago
  • randallr01
  • Ryan_Todd
    • 0
      Ryan_Todd  
    • Vierotchka:

      Yes, but that still ties into homosexuality. The main demographics which is seeing an increase in HIV is female African Americans. There are many speculations, but the main theory is that since homosexuality is more taboo in black culture than it is within the white community black men who are having sex with men often hide it all the while keeping a girlfriend or wife.

      P.S.. before anyone talks shit, go research what I just said.

    • 1 year ago
  • Johnny_Los_Angeles
    • -2
      Johnny_Los_Angeles  
    • Again anal is not straight is not true, take the "Down Low" practice in the african american male community, straight black men are letting guys gay and otherwise perform oral sex on them and even anal as the top and sometimes bottom, they are not gay, just dont want the headache of baby mommas, and being bitched at about the rent whenever they want to get off. Associating a sex act for pleasure with a sexual partner sex preference is totally inaccurate.

    • 1 year ago
  • juicie
    • +4
      juicie  
    • Johnny_Los_Angeles:

      Down low brothers are gay...they hide it because it is so stigmatized in the black community. They also tend not to use protection, and that is why 50% of black gay men in Washington DC have HIV/AIDS.

    • 1 year ago
  • indianagiordani
    • 0
      indianagiordani  
    • juicie:

      it's more publicized thru the black community but DownLow-ness...or DownLow-ism wtfe it's called is not just done by black men and they are not the only ones that do not use protection

    • 1 year ago
  • randallr01
  • juicie
    • 0
      juicie  
    • indianagiordani:

      very true, I did not mean to imply that only black men are on the down low, just that the cultural context, like abstinence only education, fosters a mindset that correlates with decreased condom use. Maybe because you have to think ahead and go out and buy condoms, and that occurs in public....so since the person has been made to feel ashamed about it, they keep it suppressed in their minds(publicly) until the heat of the moment (privately).

    • 1 year ago
  • daveinLA
    • -5
      daveinLA  
    • This article is INACCURATE - In fact, there are ZERO % of straight men who have anal sex with other men.
      Face it,,,,,if you take it up the butt,,,YOU'RE QUEER and NOT straight.

    • 1 year ago
  • juicie
    • +4
      juicie  
    • daveinLA:

      I am not attracted to men, I love pussy, and I don't really want poo on my wang. I do enjoy stimulating my prostate with a butt plug from time to time, not really when I'm with my wife, mostly when I masturbate... That does not make me gay...and if it does I don't really give a shit, I'm married so it doesn't matter.

    • 1 year ago
  • lordsbassman
  • ReverandG
  • fun_size
  • ayipis
  • Ryan_Todd
    • +3
      Ryan_Todd  
    • daveinLA:

      If you have a sex with a man and you yourself are a man, then yes, you are a queer. I thought that idea was pretty black-and-white. But judging by all these friutcake comments I'm starting to get a little worried. As far as letting a woman give it to you in the butt, I don't think that makes you gay, a little off kilter when considering tradiotnal sexual practices, but not gay. Being gay is when you are sexually attraced to the same sex, so being gay is not determined by what sexual practices you engage in, but rather who engage in them with.

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
  • indianagiordani
  • randallr01
    • +2
      randallr01  
    • daveinLA:

      Zero percent??? Really???? How did you come about this topic?

      I haven't had anal sex with any of my straight friends, but i HAVE had a certain form of sex with ALL of them........... Which I'm sure makes you blow a gasket, or you'll tell me they aren't straight. But.... they are straight.

      (Unlike you.)

    • 1 year ago
  • Johnny_Los_Angeles
    • 0
      Johnny_Los_Angeles  
    • Believe it or not but you can be straight and take it up the butt, some do it for the money and some just do it with no thought about who or why, its just sex, you jack off because it feels good some stick things up their butt because it feels good it doesnt mean you are attracted to guys at all. Its called being free from social hangups about sex. Also gay is being attracted to guys only, bi is both or either, and queer is VERY GAY lol so to say if you get it in the rear your gay and especially queer is absurd.

    • 1 year ago
  • common_sense_please
    • +2
      common_sense_please  
    • I would be remiss in living up to my name if I did not simply say that if you choose to have anal sex---especially just to experiment and if you are not ready to acknowledge that you might be gay---please please please please protect yourself and any future partners -- make absolutely sure you use a condom because AIDS is still out there and there is still no cure.

    • 1 year ago
  • SHAWN_RITTIMAN
  • oppressed1
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      oppressed1  
    • It said that straight guys would be searching m4m. Im just letting you guys know that if you take it in the butt, you're queer.

    • 1 year ago
  • Confucius
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      Confucius  
    • how important it is really to wear a condom during anal? i mean besides all the std stuff, i know theres a risk of uti, but besides that what is there? pers i prefer to bareback it

    • 1 year ago
  • Vierotchka
  • common_sense_please
    • +5
      common_sense_please  
    • Confucius:

      even if you joking and/or being sarcastic please don't. The risk of contracting AIDS is not something to joke about -- its possible to become infected even from the first time. This disease is very extremely real and AIDS and being HIV positive will destroy your life long before it finally kills you.

      Also it is this type of experimentation by otherwise self identified heterosexual people that spreads AIDS to unintended victims such as women and children and unfortunately keeps idiots like Fred Phelps in business holding up signs at funerals and other staged protests.

      Although on a less serious note if you are in a long term committed monogamous relationship then do your thing even if you like it bareback.

    • 1 year ago
  • UtopianSky
    • +3
      UtopianSky  
    • Confucius:

      Yeah, right.
      Other than the risk of a long, slow and painful death, there is no need to use a condom.
      So go for it.
      I also recommend jumping out of an airplane without a parachute.
      There is absolutely no danger whatsoever from free fall.
      Landing, however, is a different story.

    • 1 year ago
  • ReverandG
  • UtopianSky
  • randallr01
  • lu7cky
    • 0
      lu7cky  
    • What is love? What is this longing in our hearts for
      togetherness? Is it not the sweetest flower? Does not this flower
      of love have the fragrant aroma of fine, fine diamonds? Does not
      the wind love the dirt? Is not love not unlike the unlikely not it
      is unlikened to? Are you with someone tonight? Do not question your
      love. Take your lover by the hand. Release the power within
      yourself. Your heard me, release the power. Tame the wild cosmos
      with a whisper. Conquer heaven with one intimate caress. Thats
      right dont be shy. Whip out everything you got and do it in the
      butt.

    • 1 year ago
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