I'll let you into a secret then Keith.

According to myriad surveys, including one by Stonewall that is repeated annually to subscribers of their newsletters, circulation over 200, 000, over 30% of gay men share your preferring not to think about penetrative sex between men. I for one will happily go on record as sharing a personal distaste. I also share with many a distaste of anal sex with women. But if that floats someone's boat, good for them.

Another statistic from The Academy of Royal Colleges regarding audit data from A&E and colo rectal surgery. Instances of injury or infection from anal sex? Over 78% women.   Which tends to tie in with other statistics regarding the gender ratio of those receiving anal sex.

Mind you, statistics can be useful in other ways. You versus everybody else on the subject of wasted needless death in the trenches.

Doesn't it even begin to shake your amazing sense of self belief?