More and more straight men are investigating anal sex, with an open minded zeal that may have been unheard of, or at least unspoken of only a generation before. Anal sex has truly come of age, and it's about time. Let's face it, men enjoy anal sex for a very good reason - it feels great!

Why Men Enjoy Anal Sex

Anal sex, men are discovering, is a long neglected area of erogenous exploration that has a world of delights to offer. If you're one of those people for whom the concept of anal sex makes you leery, it may be time for a primer on why men enjoy anal sex.

Though the anus may not have been specifically designed to accept the insertion of phallic shaped objects, it certainly can dispose of them with astonishing regularity, or at least one hopes. Therefore, the idea of having anal sex shouldn't be associated with the old 'camel through the eye of a needle' analogy. The anus is literally packed with sensitive nerve endings that respond to either internal or external stimulation, and this goes a long way in explaining why men enjoy anal sex.

Foreplay and Lubrication

The idea is to properly prepare your partner, with foreplay and lubricant, in order to ensure that when it comes to anal sex, men can experience the best it has to offer. It's all in the preparation, because anything worth doing is worth doing right, and that's especially true of anal sex.

Start by gently caressing the perineum, the small space between the anus and the scrotum, gradually increasing pressure on this extremely sensitive area of a man's body.

Talk with your partner about which area is the most pleasurable, you can then increase your stimulation and pressure as you massage the most responsive areas. This simple form of massage works like a dream when used in addition to other activities such as fellatio.

Of course, more direct stimulation can also be applied internally during anal sex, with phallic insertion and arousal of the prostate. In fact, many men say that they have experienced their most intense orgasms through anal sex, which again points to the wonderfully sensual properties of the backdoor.

The sphincter muscle is quite powerful, and provides a firm and very tight fit for penetration, and is also quite a sensitive and sensual part of the body, and is another reason why men enjoy anal sex.

Prostate Massage

Which brings us to the prostate: the key to male penetrative pleasure.

This amazingly sensitive gland is the shape and size of a small egg and is located in the pubic bone, surrounded by the pelvic muscles. It has been likened to the female G-Spot when stimulated through anal sex. When properly aroused, the prostate gland can produce shuddering orgasms, just like the G-Spot.

Anal sex, men have found, can increase not only the duration, but the intensity of their orgasms.