According to a British study, teens’ first anal sex experiences rarely take place in circumstances of mutual pleasure. Often the young man imposes it on the young woman.
Young men don’t always worry about whether their female partner is okay with having anal sex. And the pain felt by them during sodomy is considered “normal” from their point of view. These are the conclusions of an English study published this Thursday in the scientific journal BMJ Open.
Young men are often inspired by “porn” films
To arrive at this finding, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine analyzed the expectations, attitudes and experiences of anal sex between partners of the opposite sex. And the consequences that these could have on their mental and physical health. For this, this English team interviewed 130 Britons (men and women) aged 16 to 18.
On the male side, the researchers note that the latter “tend to establish a correlation between anal sex and sexual success. “These authors explain that there would be between some young men” a real competition to have anal sex with women. ”
Moreover, these male subjects cited pornographic cinema “as the main source of inspiration in their practice of anal sex. It is besides the viewing of these films which very often pushes them to want to practice anal sex themselves, in the role of the “dominant” they specify. Finally, the young men claimed in front of the team of scientists that they found sodomy more pleasant than vaginal penetration. This with little regard for the pain that some of their partners may be feeling.
Girls are afraid of being seen as “stuck”
For their part, the young women told researchers that they had a fear of physical pain before the act. Thus, those who have practiced sodomy have done so mainly to please their partners. With a fear of being seen as “stuck” girls if they refused. More worryingly, some of them even confided in a few situations where they had been sodomized without their explicit consent. In these cases, they explain that the boy often defends himself by claiming that he “slipped” … An “easy” and sometimes “false” excuse, some young men recognized.
A good note however in this work, most couples were fully aware of the dangers of anal sex, especially the fact that unprotected anal sex can lead to the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.
Discuss it with your partner rather than impose
For the study’s lead author, Dr. Cicely Marston, “our findings suggest an urgent need for action to reduce the harms associated with anal penetration, particularly by refuting the ideas that normalize the coercion experienced by some young women. Parents and society in general should discuss anal sex openly with young people. By always highlighting the importance of “reciprocity” between the two partners. Our study is a plea for an open discussion on the subject. Especially since previous research has shown that a significant minority of young people have already had anal sex ”, specifies this researcher.
And Dr. Marston, co-author of the work, concludes by stating: “Current debates about sex among young people often seem to focus solely on the impact of pornography. Our work suggests that we need to reflect more broadly on the low importance society places on women’s rights, their desires and concerns. ”
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