It's Not Sex Toys, But....
This post is an article I wrote for the University of Victoria's paper The Martlet last year.
Remember those awful warnings on the dangerous-yet-probably-delicious items under the sink when you were a kid? Remember the scary skeleton arm that meant your skin would fall off your bones? One of those items was bleach. No, we’re still not supposed to drink it, but it’s totally okay to rub it on your anus.
Or so aestheticians say.
I’m exaggerating, but be warned that there is a new craze for “anal bleaching” as it is called. For $75 American the good people at “Pink Cheeks” salon in L.A. will wax your ass, give you a bleaching treatment and send you home with a tub of the stuff to do it yourself until the “desired skin colour” is reached.
How did people (mostly women) become concerned about the naturally darker skin around their anus? From the same people who brought us bacon-strip pube shave-jobs (aka “The Landing Strip”) - the porn industry. Female porn stars such as Tabitha Stevens along with many gay male porn stars have been publicly espousing anal bleaching and it seems that it will soon be the next hot thing since the Brazilian wax.
Perfectly even skin tones, including bum cheeks and pucker, are the rule in porn. So that’s what many are expecting from their sex partners. At best anal bleaching will be one more annoying, time-stealing, money-wasting, aesthetics mis-adventure many women are socially compelled to perform. At worst, it will be scarring anuses by the hundreds.
One of the common chemicals used in anal bleaches is Kojic acid, found to cause burning, scarring, and may actually lead to incontinence. Let’s say that again. INCONTINENCE. Not only would any anal play become unbearable, but you’d end up in Depends, and diaper-fetishists are few and far between.
Many spas and salons that give the treatment emphasize that their products are 100% natural and work “with” the body (whatever that means). Poison Ivy is 100% natural too - that doesn’t mean I’m going to rub it on my ass. Something strong enough to change your skin pigmentation needs to be thoroughly researched, especially when it’s to be used on something as nerve-charged and potentially sexy as your anus. And this is why this trend is so insidious.
Asses – your ass – is meant for your enjoyment. A scarred, irritated anus may not bother your partner (in that case, drop the partner) but I can guarantee you that it will sure as hell bother you. I’m all for doing a myriad of sex-stuff with your bum, but potentially mutilating it for someone else’s purely visual enjoyment is definitely not one of them. Letting someone play with your ass is a privelege, not a right. If they don’t like the fact that it doesn’t look like their favourite porn star’s, then instead of letting them fuck it, tell them they can kiss your ass instead.
Remember those awful warnings on the dangerous-yet-probably-delicious items under the sink when you were a kid? Remember the scary skeleton arm that meant your skin would fall off your bones? One of those items was bleach. No, we’re still not supposed to drink it, but it’s totally okay to rub it on your anus.
Or so aestheticians say.
I’m exaggerating, but be warned that there is a new craze for “anal bleaching” as it is called. For $75 American the good people at “Pink Cheeks” salon in L.A. will wax your ass, give you a bleaching treatment and send you home with a tub of the stuff to do it yourself until the “desired skin colour” is reached.
How did people (mostly women) become concerned about the naturally darker skin around their anus? From the same people who brought us bacon-strip pube shave-jobs (aka “The Landing Strip”) - the porn industry. Female porn stars such as Tabitha Stevens along with many gay male porn stars have been publicly espousing anal bleaching and it seems that it will soon be the next hot thing since the Brazilian wax.
Perfectly even skin tones, including bum cheeks and pucker, are the rule in porn. So that’s what many are expecting from their sex partners. At best anal bleaching will be one more annoying, time-stealing, money-wasting, aesthetics mis-adventure many women are socially compelled to perform. At worst, it will be scarring anuses by the hundreds.
One of the common chemicals used in anal bleaches is Kojic acid, found to cause burning, scarring, and may actually lead to incontinence. Let’s say that again. INCONTINENCE. Not only would any anal play become unbearable, but you’d end up in Depends, and diaper-fetishists are few and far between.
Many spas and salons that give the treatment emphasize that their products are 100% natural and work “with” the body (whatever that means). Poison Ivy is 100% natural too - that doesn’t mean I’m going to rub it on my ass. Something strong enough to change your skin pigmentation needs to be thoroughly researched, especially when it’s to be used on something as nerve-charged and potentially sexy as your anus. And this is why this trend is so insidious.
Asses – your ass – is meant for your enjoyment. A scarred, irritated anus may not bother your partner (in that case, drop the partner) but I can guarantee you that it will sure as hell bother you. I’m all for doing a myriad of sex-stuff with your bum, but potentially mutilating it for someone else’s purely visual enjoyment is definitely not one of them. Letting someone play with your ass is a privelege, not a right. If they don’t like the fact that it doesn’t look like their favourite porn star’s, then instead of letting them fuck it, tell them they can kiss your ass instead.
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