' Is this what we have to look forward to from our fellow Australians of the Left?'

remember killing the unborn is about that poor 14 year old who was raped. The left are totally dishonest or wilfully ignorant. No slippery slope!

SR,
No I did not forget you, my reply did not post for some reason. This site would not accept my password for over a week either so something weird is going on here.

But yes, another post by a normal person who finds the sexual practices of homosexuals disgusting.

The fact is that you do not have any idea how many, if any at all, normal couples engage in anal sex and/or rimming. Your figure is conjecture, nothing else. In all my years I have never heard a bloke, or a woman, admit to anal sex. Except for those queers that parade in Oxford St, even homos do not talk much about their anal exploits. Couples that engage in anal sex would be few and far between and not considered normal. Anal sex is homosexual whether with a male or female.

The big issue here is that SSM, if allowed, will have a damaging effect on the status of marriage and normal people will avoid marriage because it will gain a dirty reputation. I hold marriage in high esteem and do not want to see it tarnished by association with homosexuals.

Homosexuals should choose another word to describe same sex unions.

What's the big deal about the various types of
sex that people indulge in - as long as it is
between consenting adults and doesn't hurt anyone?

If you don't like it - don't do it. Be it anal sex,
blow-up dolls, vibrators. or anything else that
takes your fancy.

Because
of what kind of sex people practice are some of you
seriously suggesting that we should ban a small
percentage of our population from forming stable
relationships and deny them civil ceremonies and
contractual partnerships?

That's illogical and unfair.

Dear Banjo,

I indeed used a figure from memory but it appears it might have been out of date;

“The report, titled “Sexual Behavior, Sexual Attraction and Sexual Identity in the United States,” which reportedly polled thousands of people between the ages of 15 and 44 from 2006 through 2008, found that 44 percent of straight men and 36 percent of straight women admitted to having had anal sex at least once in their lives.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/06/anal-sex-heterosexual-couples-report_n_1190440.html

As to the stats on rimming you can look those up yourself as my search history is probably already sketchy enough.

Now there certainly are issues/risks with practicing anal sex especially if it is repetitive or done without reasonable preparation. Those risks should be explained as part of any sex education so that informed choices can be made by those contemplating it. While not my cup of tea I see no reason why people who wish to engage in it shouldn't be armed with the knowledge on how to do so as safely as possible.

Why would you want to deny them that?

But to the questions I gave earlier which you did not furnish a reply;

“So the obvious question based on your stated criteria my old dear is whether you consider the marriages of heterosexual couples who engage in anal sex to be invalid? Further would you support the marriage between two homosexual men who did not practice anal sex? If the answer to either of these is no then you need to go find a different argument to support your prejudice.”

How about an answer?

//what proportion of the affected women would choose it if it were up to them though?//

It is up to them. Having any kind of sex with somebody who isn't up for it is RAPE. Rape is a crime, and very, very, very immoral.

Your argument seems to be based on them premise that women are some kind of Stepford sex-bots with no agency, bound to endure what any sexual deprivations wicked men force upon them.

//How many girls and young women should be receiving counselling and support because they are being tricked and forced to submit to the demands of males//

Yeah of course. Men are all evil predators out to inflict misery on women - and women are all so gullible and servile that they'll just immediately submit to whatever men say.

You seem to take a rather dim view of your fellow man. I'm not sure I can fully share your pessimism.

//being misled by pornography and activists who are trying to normalise anal sex?//

I don't think you've quite understood the point of porn... it's not about trying to push some social agenda, it's all about money. It's a good business model because the demand side of the equation will never diminish: sex sells. But you need diversity, because people have varied tastes. If they formed some sort of cartel and tried to exclusively push a single sort of sexual fantasy, the market would collapse.

And as for political activists that are actually out there promoting anal sex as their chosen cause...

Evidence or it never happened.

//To cater for males who want to humiliate and dominate women, internet pornography sites would have numerous examples of sex that abuses women.//

Oh, they do. They also have numerous examples of sex that abuses men. And all sorts of other weird kinks that I just don't get... fat people sex, geriatric sex... the list goes on. People are really, really weird. Everybody draws their own line in the sand between 'erotic' and 'kinky' (erotic is using a feather; kinky is using the whole bird)

Dear Toni,

Your post actually made me spill my coffee.

I'm still laughing.

"Erotic is using a feather. Kinky is using the whole bird."

Great line.

People who are so concerned about anal sex should Google
the misconceptions and myths associated with the
subject. There's enough information available on the web.

It may surprise some to learn that many women find anal sex
incredibly pleasurable. There's a natural curiousity about
our bodies and if there's pleasure to be had, a person
should feel that they can explore that in a safe and
healthy way. Also because of the taboo of anal sex it might
actually help some people feel closer and more emotionally
bonded to their partner.

In any case, it is such a personal choice and has nothing
to do with the current same-sex marriage postal survey.
Nobody is being asked how they practice sex. Since when did
this become a criteria for deciding who should be allowed
to have their relationship recognised by the law of the land?