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.
Author(s): Morin, Jack Ph.D.
Publisher: Down Three Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Commentary: Sexuality, Anal Pleasure & Health, A Guide for Men, Women and Couples
Pages: 256
Tags: Sexuality, Anal Pleasure & Health, A Guide for Men, Women and Couples
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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
