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Open wide!

I love eating out assholes.

Literally, I'm referring to the man's most precious posterior pucker, and not figuratively to his piss-poor personality trait.

For those of you who get an instant hard-on at the thought of me sucking on your starfish, I should note that I'm not into licking just any person's anus. It's got to be attached to a guy I like, who has recently showered and smells like there's a bar of Irish Spring soap up his ass.

The act of analingus, commonly referred to as 'rimming,' or 'tossing the salad,' involves contact between the mouth, lips or tongue of one person, and the anus or perineum (space between the ass and genitals) of another. It is practiced privately by all sexual orientations and genders, but some still consider it to be taboo, dirty or even homoerotic, so it's rarely discussed openly or admitted to in public.

That is, until now.

Peter Klashorst

True or not, what most of us can agree with is that bleaching your asshole sounds like a weird thing to do. But if the many companies hawking creams to bleach the butthole are to be believed, anal bleaching isn't just for self-obsessed, rich celebrities anymore.

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Doesn't look good for these two.

The Center for Disease Control recently released the results of a 2006-2008 study that collected and compiled results of a survey designed to delve into the sexual behaviors, attractions and identities of modern American men and women.

Most fascinating was the apparent growth in popularity of good old fashioned butt sex. Of the 13,495 people aged 15-44 surveyed, 44 percent of straight men and 39 percent of straight women confirmed they'd had anal intercourse at least once in their lifetimes.

Compared to the CDC's 2002 survey, it appears a bit more people are trying butt sex (or at least admitting to it) and though it's not clear to what cultural aspects to attribute the jump (porn? mainstream media? curiosity? boredom?) it's most certainly apparent that people's awareness of how to enjoy the act has yet to catch on.