Pleasure during anal sex is about way more than the prostate, says Dweck. Okay, so even if it shouldn’t hurt, it can’t really feel that great for women, right? Wrong. Since Women Don’t Have a Prostate, It Can’t Really Feel That Good If you’ve experienced some pain in the past (or just heard horror stories from your gal pals), it’s likely that one of the above instructions weren’t followed to a T.Ģ.

The anus is a lot tighter than the vagina, so you’ve got to be gentle-especially at first, as you warm up to the whole back-door thing. Here, we dispel six myths about anal sex so you can get on discovering the uncharted territory of your peach pit.Īs long as you lube it up, take it slow, relax, and don’t have hemorrhoids (ouch!), anal sex shouldn't be painful, says gynecologist Alyssa Dweck, M.D., assistant clinical professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. But the unknown is also exciting and often well worth the adventure. That’s true whether you’re heading to the New World (“It’s flat! You’ll drop off!”) or exploring the black hole between your butt cheeks. The unknown is scary-and generally accompanied by a whole lot of urban legends.