She is known for her shoes and her style and her impeccable taste in luxury home goods. She’s an advocate for $7,197 intimate massage rings and the controversial rose quartz and jade eggs for toning vaginas and improving orgasms.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s website Goop is filled with everything expensive, unnecessary and “dammit-I-know-it’s-illogical-but-I-really-really-want-it”.
Except now it includes anal sex, and I’m not sure where that fits into the usual milieu of off-white basics and super food recipes.
The “weekly lifestyle publication, curated by Gwyneth Paltrow” teamed up with psychoanalyst and author of The Guide to Getting it On! Paul Joannides to bring us a ‘reality check on anal sex‘.
Brace yourself.
Joannides says around 10 percent to 15 percent of all straight couples “enjoy anal sex a lot”, and also gave some tips for making it work.
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His number one piece of advice? Communication.
“Couples who do not have excellent sexual communication, who don’t freely give and receive feedback about what feels good and what doesn’t, and who don’t have a high level of trust should not be having anal sex,” Joannides said.
There was also some more… practical advice.
“One of the first things a woman or man needs to do if they want to be on the receiving end of anal sex is to teach their sphincter muscles to relax enough that a penis can get past their gates. This takes a lot of practice,” Joannides told Goop.