Full disclosure: I have had anal sex before, and I hated it. Clearly, I wasn't doing it right. On the receiving end, I felt zero pleasure, and that feels like something that's pretty important for every sexual act. You shouldn't just be a receptacle for someone else's good time. You deserve to come, too, and don't you forget it. But can you orgasm from anal sex? It turns out you can — big time. No ifs, ands, or butts about it. Contrary to popular belief, orgasms from anal sex are totally possible even though there's not always any clitoral or vaginal stimulation involved.

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Wait, what is an anal orgasm?
There's no denying that butts are all the rage: From toning your glutes to admiring Kim Kardashian's booty , butt stuff is a hot topic. And the final frontier of this booty-mania? There's no doubt that anal sex still comes with a bit of albeit sexy taboo. Perhaps that's because stepping into the anal arena for the first time can be intimidating, to say the least. What the heck are you supposed to do down there? Is it painful? And most of all: Is it actually possible to have an anal orgasm?
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If it feels good, anything goes! Cisgender men and people assigned male at birth have a prostate , so in these cases a butt orgasm results from stimulating the prostate. You can stimulate the P-spot through the perineum, which is the runway of skin between the balls and the anus. This is how anal orgasms work for cisgender women and people assigned female at birth. Anal penetration indirectly stimulates the A-spot in the vagina. The A-spot, or anterior fornix if you want to get fancy, is located deep inside the vagina — around 5 or 6 inches in. It feels like intense waves of pleasure that begin deep inside your body and radiate through the rest of your body.
In , the National Survey of Sex and Behaviour asked 1, US adults aged 18 to 59 about their most recent sexual experiences. Interestingly enough, there was also a gap in the perception of orgasms. The study also took a look at the types of sex the people engaged in, and noted which ones resulted in orgasm most frequently. FiveThirtyEight has now turned that data into a handy chart, which shows exactly which sex acts are coming out on top pun intended. Graph: FiveThirtyEight. Or anal is most likely to be accompanied by clitoral stimulation, which is more likely to have led to the orgasm. Revealed: The formula to a perfect orgasm, every single time. But if you do want a more reliable way to get women climaxing all over the place, one other crucial stat the study revealed is the importance of changing it up in bed. Visit Metro's Rush Hour Crush online every weekday at pm. Tell us about your Rush Hour Crush by submitting them here , and you could see your message published on the site.