This type of sex can cause more issues among women


Aside from STDs, women are also at risk of incontinence, anal trauma and psychological effects from anal sex. — AFP

Clinicians’ reluctance to discuss the possible harms of anal sex is letting down a generation of young women who are unaware of the risks, warned researchers in The BMJ on Aug 11 (2022).

Surgeons Dr Tabitha Gana and Dr Lesley Hunt argue that as anal intercourse becomes more common among heterosexual couples, failure to discuss it “exposes women to missed diagnoses, futile treatments and further harm arising from a lack of medical advice”.

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