Anal Pleasure and Health: A Guide for Men, Women and Couples

Description

For many years the focus of fear and disgust, the anus is actually one of the human body's most wondrous creations-elegant, efficient, and richly supplied with pleasure nerves. However, stress and ignorance can turn the anus and its functions from a source of delight into a painful disability. What's needed is an owner's manual-and here it is! Join therapist and sexologist Jack Morin, Ph.D., on this tour of the anus, complete with information and exercises to open the door to new sources of comfort and gratification. You'll unlearn habits that can cause everything from hemorrhoids to chronic pelvic pain- and, if you choose, learn new ways of achieving solo and partnered pleasures through this humblest of portals. ILLUSTRATION LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII INTRODUCTION: EYEWITNESS TO CHANGE .IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anal Awareness &Relaxation Workshops AIDS Crashes the Party Going Mainstream? Whats New In This Fourth Edition? 1. WHAT IS ANAL PLEASURE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Prevalence in the United States 2. CONFRONTING THE ANAL TABOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I Social Functions of the Anal Taboo The Anal Taboo in the Helping Professions 3. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4. LOOKING AND TOUCHING: BEGINNING ANAL SELF-EXPLORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 The Anal Opening Experience ea' Response Personifying the Anus 5. BENEATH THE SKIN: LOCATING AND EXERCISING ANAL AND PELVIC MUSCLES . . . . . . 37 Anatomy ofAnal and Pelvic Muscles Visualizing Pelvic Organs Experience & Response 6. MIND AND BODY: UNDERSTANDING HOW THE ANUS AND EMOTIONS INTERACT ..47 . Stress and Anal Tension Experience I & Response Experience II & Response 7. INSIDE THE ANUS: LEARNING VOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Anatomy and Physiology of the Anal Canal Anal Douching (Enemas) Lubrication Experience & Response 8. ANAL EROTICISM: INCLUDING THE ANUS IN MASTURBATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 73 Sexual Response and the Anus Experience & Response 9. DISCOVERING THE RECTUM: MAPPING ITS SHAPE AND SENSATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Fisting (Handballing) Introduction to Butt Plugs Experience & Response IO. ATTITUDES TOWARD RECTAL STIMULATION: CONFRONTING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCKS . . . . . 101 Feces Homophobia Gender Roles Missing the Taboo Drugs and Anal Pleasure I I. MUTUAL EXPLORATION: SHARING ANAL PLEASURE WITH A PARTNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Choosing a Partner Experience & Response The Nice Person Syndrome Rimming (Analingus) 12. ANAL INTERCOURSE: ENJOYING IT SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 What Is Anal Intercourse? Condom Sense: Which Type Is Best for You? Experience & Response 13. REALMS OF POWER: PROBING INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Symbols Of Power Eroticizing Power Power and Anal Intercourse 14. A LIFETIME OF ANAL PLEASURE: INTEGRATING AND SUSTAINING YOUR DISCOVERIES . . . . . . . . . 169 Staying In Touch Who When and How Aging and Anal Pleasure Honoring Erotic Preferences APPENDIX: HEALTH PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE ANUS AND RECTUM 177 HIV and AIDS Making Safer Sex Work: Developing a Personal Policy Other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STDs) Intestinal Infections Other Diseases of the Anus and Rectum Guidelines for Self-Healing Finding A Physician or Alternative Practitioner REFERENCES AND RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 INDEX ......................................... 225 ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ============================================= FIGURE I. POSITIONS FOR ANAL SELF-EXAMINATION . . . . . . . . . 32 FIGURE 2. ANATOMY OF PELVIC ORGANS AND MUSCLES. & 38 . . 39 FIGURE 3. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ANAL SPHINCTER MUSCLES 61 FIGURE 4. ANATOMY OF THE RECTUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 FIGURE 5. EFFECTS OF ANGLE OF ENTRY ON RECTAL INSERTION. 91 FIGURE 6. BASIC DESIGN OF A BUTT PLUG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 FIGURE 7. POSITIONS FOR ANAL INTERCOURSE & .142 . . . . . . . 143