Oh, for crying out loud:
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is ardently anti-gay and has an acute talent for tapping into the homophobic imagination of social conservatives. “Man on child,” “man on dog,” incest, “priests with 3-year-olds,” polygamy, the welfare of children, the decline of Western civilization—if it’s in the vocabulary of anti-gay hysteria, Santorum has been there, done that. As a result, he’s become the target of a Google bomb, led by gay columnist Dan Savage, that successfully redefined “santorum” as a substance most straight people probably didn’t know existed and most gay men never thought to name, especially not in honor of a Republican US Senator. But hey, shi* happens—and now Santorum is widely considered a joke. The launch of his presidential campaign today was greeted with a chorus of knowing sneers.
There are a lot of straight people out there having anal sex. Not most, but approaching most:
In 1992, 16 percent of women aged 18-24 said they’d tried anal sex. Now 20 percent of women aged 18-19 say they’ve done it, and by ages 20-24, the number is 40 percent. In 1992, the highest percentage of women in any age group who admitted to anal sex was 33. In 2002, it was 35. Now it’s 46.
And considering that straight people outnumber gay men by a factor of 10, 20, or 40, depending whose estimates you believe, most of the buttfucking that goes on out there is straight buttfucking. So santorum is something that lots of straight people are familiar with. Intimately familiar.
And remember, kids: If you’re doing anal right, there’s no santorum.
@51 1) It’s slimy. 2) It costs money. 3) It’s not “natural” enough for me. I don’t want to have a partially used, non-natural, reminder of spent money and slimy-ickiness in my nightstand all the time. Anyway, husband has a significant amount of pre-cum/prostatic fluid leakage, and combined with my own saliva there is plenty of lubrication for quality butt sex.
ok, thanks.
@44 Based on anecdote and nothing but (cough), the differential, anal play being viewed considerably less favorably than oral, is more a matter of age than anything elsel. The younger the woman involved, the more likely that they will have a) tried anal play and b) enjoy it.
So the anal gap is closing … or something like that.
@35, you’re forgetting the lesbians, everyone forgets us, even the trolls ignore as #37 pointed out!! Of course our stellar record of serial monogamy would skew his “stats” so I’m sure that’s why he chooses to ignore us, like many phobes.
Anyway, I know they exist but I have known only one lesbians who engaged in anal sex in my 10 years of being out and she was dating an anti-anal girl so they weren’t even engaging in it. I’ve heard of a few fingers in butts but that’s about it. Also, isn’t there a minority percentage of gay men who don’t engage in anal. If you factor in the lesbians and the no-anal gays, I think the largest amount of butt sex is still being done by straights.
2/bigyaz: Having “tried” anal sex, which is what was asked, is vastly different from having it regularly.
Absolutely. I’m sure the percentage of women who have it regularly is very small, much smaller than the percentage who have tried it because they’re curious or, much more likely, to appease the desire of their husband/boyfriend. If women were as into it as men are, I’m sure a majority of hetero couples would be having it on a regular basis.
This makes perfect sense too. I doubt anal sex is uncomfortable for any straight man (assuming he’s not being pegged) whereas it is painful or uncomfortable for many women.
@56 Roma,
Agree with you completely. I remain dubious of Dan’s poll conclusion.
@51 Plus, saliva is a great way to introduce varieties of Herpes normally found only in the mouth into my rectum!
Thanks lark.
On another note, I just read a comment of yours on a thread about the South Park rapist/murderer. I’m like you in that I’m a reluctant supporter of capital punishment. When I was young I was in favor of it, then I became opposed to it, and now I’m in-between. I think it should only be used in cases where the person convicted is clearly the right person (DNA evidence + other evidence + eyewitnesses) to avoid the horrible outcome of executing an innocent person but I’m comfortable having no moral problem with executing someone, like the South Park rapist/murderer, who is a vile human being who has viciously taken the life of another person. This is one area where I agree with Muslims. Unlike the argument of western liberal opponents of all capital punishment, they believe that executing a murderer does not put you on the same level as a person who has murdered. They believe that Allah condones execution as justice.
What What, in the butt!!
@59 Roma,
Yep, that’s about my stand on Capital Punishment as well. I like to think it should be used VERY rarely.
@58 LOL. We’re both negative for herpes, but I’m sure there are any number of other viruses that my husband and I exchange. (This is what I get for posting anonymously…)