Is Anal Masturbation the New Big Thing

Have I been doing masturbation wrong all of these years?

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We all know that anal sex is the rage these days. A recent study by bedbible.com found that 40% of people have played around by the back door — a whopping 33% increase in the past 20 years.

But despite my love of butt play, I didn’t really know that anal masturbation was becoming a thing. Sure, I would get the ads for anal toys in my seemingly endless stream of sex shop emails, but I assumed couples mainly used the toys on each other.

Then arrived my monthly Lovehoney newsletter celebrating Masturbation May. The newsletter featured an extensive assortment of masturbation assists, categorized into easy-to-find headings — clitoral, penis, mutual, and anal. Yes, anal-anal masturbation toys were one of the featured categories.

Dr. Megan Flemming — a very sexy clinical psychologist and sex and relationship expert — walked me through the basics of anal self-love: hygiene, toy selection, warming up the ass, and lube choice.

Some of the key points that hit home with me:

• It can be incredibly pleasurable, so it’s well worth trying and keeping an open mind to;
• Hygiene is important, so wash well, but also don’t freak out if it’s a tiny bit messy;