Well, dammit, lookatthat, you know anal sex has hit the big time when a major news outlet like msnbc has to have the obligatory article about howm ya know, anal sex, it’s not so bad, and some people even like it. ;-}
The article discusses some new books coming out (including a reprint of Tristan Taormino’s classic) and some of the books that have recently come out. It’s a good read.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17285757/
“A new book, “Master Class: Anal Sex,” is scheduled to be published this month by the Erotic Print Society. It will be a guide complete “with professional photographs that pull no punches and specially commissioned drawings.â€
But it will be competing in a crowded field. “Anal Sex for Couples: A Guaranteed Guide for Painless Pleasure,” came out last fall, and the “Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women” (second edition) by Village Voice columnist and porn director/producer Tristan Taormino arrived a year ago. Later this month, she will release her new instructional video, “Tristan Taormino’s Expert Guide to Anal Sex.†And The New York Times named a memoir of anal sex, “The Surrender,” by former ballet dancer Toni Bentley, one of the most notable books of 2004.
Curious but coy
The Sinclair Intimacy Institute, a creator of sex education videos for adults wanting to know “how to,” produced one called “The Better Sex Guide to Anal Pleasure” back in 2003. Yet according to Mark Schoen, Sinclair’s resident sex therapist, the company had had no plans to create one.
“Our Web site has search terms that drive people to ask questions and one of the most searched — I think in the top three — terms was anal sex,†he recalls. “I heard that, so I went to our call center where people take phone calls and order catalogues and I went around and started talking to the employees. I asked them what kinds of questions they were getting, and again, one of most frequent topics was anal sex. This was a surprise to me.â€
No wonder it was a surprise. While somebody might make a comment at a party, say, about oral sex, or some other aspect of their sex lives, few are yet willing to openly discuss anal sex. Certainly, there is almost no formal education on the topic. And yet the practice and interest in it appear to be growing.
“There has been a huge shift,†Taormino says. “
