News Finding: Findings revealed that for many, anal heterosex appeared to be "painful, risky and coercive, particularly for women."
Paper Finding: Fourth, anal sex today appears to be a marker of (hetero)sexual achievement or experience, particularly for men.
News Context: Whether in a marriage or a casual fling, sex should always be consensual with respectable boundaries. Findings revealed that for many, anal heterosex appeared to be "painful, risky and coercive, particularly for women." Meanwhile, male partners often talked of their expectations to coerce reluctant partners.
Paper Context: Even Alicia's narrative contains some of the apparently coercive features of anal sex that other women report in negative terms, despite Alicia reporting enjoying anal sex. Fourth, anal sex today appears to be a marker of (hetero)sexual achievement or experience, particularly for men. The society which our interviewees inhabit seems to reward men for sexual experience per se ('every hole's a goal') and, to some extent, rewards women for compliance with sexually 'adventurous' acts (enjoyment signifying not being naive, unrelaxed, etc), although women must balance this with the risk to their reputation.