I know that it's an argument from form and function, but male and female sexual organs really are complementary, not just in form, but in natural lubrication. Anal sex is "anatomically incorrect" (Koop; Soule). The fact that the question comes up at all suggests that you were being disingenuous when you said, "Gay is not about sex."

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop: "The rectum was not made for intercourse. It's at the wrong angle, it's the wrong size, it doesn't have the same kind of tough lining that the vagina does." (Koop) Robert Soule, M.D., retired cardiologist, writes that anal sex "is anatomically incorrect" not only because the rectum is too narrow, but also it has a muscular sphincter, is not lubricated, is open to contamination by feces and parasites, and can result in dilation with subsequent leakage. (Soule)

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