Poll: Being a Gay Male and Having/Not Having Anal Sex is not Necessarily Related (Multiple Choice Poll)

Being a Gay Male and Having/Not Having Anal Sex is not Necessarily Related (Multiple Choice Poll)
A previous poll showed that many visitors here do not have (or do not wish to have) anal sex. I am trying to examine the views. The poll is limited in its answers, but I'm trying! Please tick as many answers as you need in order to reflect your thoughts. The poll allows you to express a positive preference for anal sex as well. This is for balance. It is also perfectly possible and valid to tick a negative box in addition to stating that you enjoy anal sex. [1271 votes total]

I am happy to have anal sex (812)  63%
I find it physically impossible to open up to being penetrated (139)  10%
I find it emotionally impossible to open up to being penetrated (116)  9%
I feel the anus is dirty (178)  14%
I feel the anus is a social (or other) taboo (116)  9%
I have religious grounds against anal sex (57)  4%
I was assaulted and damaged physically. I might want to but I just can't (26)  2%
I was assaulted and damaged emotionally. I might want to but I just can't (28)  2%
I was assaulted. The experience means I do not want to have anal sex (26)  2%
I've thought about it, but I don't want to do it enough (152)  11%
Anal Sex makes me think of 'masculine and feminine'. I do not think of me nor of my partner that way (86)  6%
I feel there is a greater chance of STI/STD transmission with anal sex (328)  25%
While I may have anal sex with a committed partner, I will not until that time with others (237)  18%
Prostate stimulation with fingers or toys is fine, but I do not use a penis there (85)  6%
I do not use fingers or toys inside the anus (126)  9%
I limit anal stimuation to the external area (71)  5%
Anal Sex is enormously emotionally satisfying for me and my partner. (425)  33%
I consider anal sex as 'using and being used' (114)  8%
I simply don't want to even consider it (79)  6%
I am scared of it (142)  11%
The idea of having Anal Sex makes me feel 'gay'. If I avoid it I may still think of myself as 'not gay' (69)  5%
I cannot even caress my own anus, let alone caress another's or have another caress mine (60)  4%
The idea of penetrating my partner's anus or his penetrating mine turns me off (84)  6%
I don't really know what the prostate is, nor why I woudl enjoy it's stimulation (46)  3%
I don't really know where the prostate is, nor how to stimulate it (95)  7%
I want to. I just don't know how (158)  12%

 


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