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Is Analingus Safe? Let's face it: no matter how pink, puckered, squeaky clean, and appealing your partner's asshole is, you know what comes out of it. And you're putting your tongue up there. How healthy can that be? It's natural to be concerned about contracting an infection or disease through oral-to-anal contact. For answers about the risks associated with analingus also called eating ass, rimming, or tossing salad , we went straight to the horse's mouth — the Centers for Disease Control CDC.
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In humans , the anus from Latin anus meaning "ring", "circle" [1] [2] is the external opening of the rectum. Two sphincters control the exit of feces from the body during an act of defecation , which is the primary function of the anus. These are the internal anal sphincter and the external anal sphincter , which are circular muscles that normally maintain constriction of the orifice and which relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning. The inner sphincter is involuntary and the outer is voluntary.
When I tell you I was shook the first time I got a rim job, I was goddamn shook. Turns out, loads of people are doing it. That's because it can feel incredible to stimulate the nerve endings around the anus, not to mention there's something sexy and "taboo" about the act that turns some people on.