If you're considering having anal sex for the first time, you're probably wondering how to do anal—how do you prepare, relax, and enjoy the intimate moment with your partner? It's a question that's becoming more common. According to the latest research from the Kinsey Institute, more young women than ever—45 percent—are exploring anal play. To answer your first-time anal sex questions, we called in the experts: Rachel Needle , Psy. The last thing you want to be before attempting anal penetration or anal stimulation is tense. If this is your first time trying anal sex, spend some time relaxing—take a hot bath, ask your partner to give you a sensual massage, heck, you can even meditate. To prepare for anal sex , you can also focus on specifically relaxing your the muscles of your anal sphincter.

Who knows, it might even become your favorite. While the prostate and P-Spot is widely associated as being known for the reason why butt stuff feels so good for prostate and penis-having folks, there are plenty of valid reasons why anal could still be pleasurable for non-prostate having women as well. Remember, a pleasurable experience can be just as much mental as physical! If you're turned on by taboos and the power play experience anal can entail, that's valid too!

This is the fifth in a multi-part series from After Hours about anal play. You can see the other posts in the series as they come out here. Anal sex is pretty polarizing. No one is going to force you to try anal, but there are a few compelling reasons to give it a go:.