The female subjects investigated were almost unanimous in agreeing that the first attempts at sodomy were more painful than the first attempts at performing vaginal intercourse. Many of the women agreed that practice worked wonders in easing the penis’s entrance but this is not the point we wish to make. The reader should realize that pain can sometimes be a stimulant and, in the case of some individuals, a powerful spur toward more complete sexual arousal.

Masochism, the ability to become sexually aroused through experiencing pain, would appear to explain the fascination anal sexual intercourse has for certain women. “Some women,” remarks a widely respected authority in the field, “enjoy being subjected to sodomrntic practices because of their strong masochistic component.” (Caprio, Variations in Sexual Behavior, p. 268.) We can hardly end this discussion of anal sexuality without commenting on the legal aspects of the act. It should be clearly understood by every reader that, in most states, anal sexual intercourse is illegal. We can do no better, when considering this question, than to quote from a widely respected authority on sexual behavior: “In most states the sodomy acts are so worded that they would apply to mouth-genital contacts and to anal coitus between married persons, as well as to both heterosexual and homosexual relations outside marriage. Few people are aware that the sodomy acts can be extended to married partners. The penalties for such acts may in some jurisdictions be exceeded only by the penalties for murder, kidnapping and rape. There are court statements on the applicability of these sodomy statutes, and one case even goes ‘so far as to uphold the conviction of a man for soliciting his ‘wife to commit sodomy. We have cases of persons who were convicted because one of the spouses objected, or because some other person became aware that oral or anal play had been included in the marital activities.