Is anal bad for you

Is Analingus Safe? Let's face it: no matter how pink, puckered, squeaky clean, and appealing your partner's asshole is, you know what comes out of it. And you're putting your tongue up there. How healthy can that be?

Whether you call it a rim job , analingus, tossing salad, eating booty, or good old-fashioned ass licking, there's no question that having your partner's mouth explore your rear end can be a highly pleasurable experience. It's not just the psychological thrill of doing something "taboo," although that's certainly part of it—there's also a physiological reason that having your booty licked can feel so good. While people of all genders and sexual orientations can engage in ass licking, the fine art of analingus seems to be especially common in the gay male community. According to Dr. Jordan Rullo, a certified sex therapist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, an ass-licking rim job is definitely something people enjoy, but exactly how many people do it is unknown. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that

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Since a lot of the information floating around out there about anal sex is purely anecdotal, Cosmopolitan. Here's what they told us. Just follow safer sex practices as you're at a slightly higher risk for STI transmission. You also have to be mindful though of not having anal sex then vaginal sex without changing the condom.