Varioussex positions may be performed during sexual activity between men. Evidence shows that sex between men is significantly underreported in surveys due tosocial desirability bias.[2][3]
A 2011 survey of 18,000 MSM showed thatoral sex was most commonly practised, followed bymutual masturbation, with anal intercourse in third place."[4] A 2011 survey byThe Journal of Sexual Medicine found similar results for U.S. gay and bisexual men.Kissing a partner on the mouth (74.5%), oral sex (72.7%), and partnered masturbation (68.4%) were the three most common behaviors.[5] The most common sexual act practiced, was holding their partner romantically, kissing partner on mouth, solo masturbation,mutual masturbation, andfrotting."[6]
MSM may engage in oral sex, includingfellatio, which is using the mouth to stimulate another person'spenis orscrotum, andanilingus, which is stimulating someone else'sanus using the tongue and lips.
Manual sex
Manual sex is another non-penetrative sex act that can occur between men. This includeshandjobs, which is the use of one's hands to stimulate another person's penis or scrotum as well asanal fingering, the use of one's fingers to stimulate someone else's anus.
Anal sex
The penetrating man lying on his back is the "top" and the receiving man is the "bottom" in the cowboy position.
Among men who have anal sex with other men, the partner who inserts hispenis may be referred to as thetop, the one being penetrated may be referred to as thebottom, and those who enjoy either role may be referred to asversatile.[9] When MSM engage in anal sex without using a condom, this is referred to asbareback sex. Pleasure, pain, or both may accompany anal sex. While thenerve endings in theanus can provide pleasurable feelings, anorgasm may be achieved through receptive anal penetration by indirect stimulation of theprostate.[10][11] A study by theNational Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB) indicated that men who self-report taking a receptive position during anal sex in their last encounter were at least as likely to have reached orgasm as men who adopted an insertive role.[12] A study sampling single people in the U.S. indicated that orgasm rates are similar among men across sexual orientations.[13] With regard to pain or being uncomfortable during anal sex,[14] some research indicates that, for 24% to 61% of gay orbisexual men, painful receptive anal sex (known as anodyspareunia) is a frequent lifetime sexual difficulty.[14]
Reports pertaining tothe prevalence of anal sex among MSM have varied over time, with some percentages higher than others.[9][15][16][17] A large percentage of gay andbisexual men self-report lifetime participation in anal sex.[9] Studies among gay men have indicated that percentages are similar when comparing men who prefer to penetrate their partners to those who prefer to be the receptive partner.[9][18] Some men who have sex with men, however, believe that being a receptive partner during anal sex questions theirmasculinity.[19][20]
Anal fingering
Anal fingering is the use of one's fingers to stimulate someone's anus.
Frot
Two men engaged infrotting by rubbing their penises together
Frot is a sexual activity between men that usually involves penis-to-penis contact.[21] It is a form of frottage. Frot can be enjoyable because it mutually and simultaneously stimulates the genitals of both partners as it tends to produce pleasurable friction against thefrenulum nerve bundle on the underside of each man's penile shaft, just below theurinary opening (meatus) of the penishead (glans penis).
Intercrural sex
Intercrural sex is another form of non-penetrative sex that can be practiced between MSM.Docking (the insertion of one man's penis into another man'sforeskin) is also practiced.
Sex toys
MSM may usesex toys. According to an online survey of 25,294 men who self-reported ahomosexual or bisexual orientation, 49.8% have usedvibrators. Most men who had used a vibrator in the past reported use during masturbation (86.2%). When used during partnered interactions, vibrators were incorporated into foreplay (65.9%) and intercourse (59.4%).[22]
Health risks
Two men embracing,Bedtime stories - 1 by Giovanni Dall'Orto.
A variety ofsexually transmitted infections (STIs) can be transmitted through sexual activity, including between men.[23] Infections are more easily transmitted during receptive anal sex compared to other forms of sex.[24][25]
Legality
20th-century erotic scene of Marquise's book, byKonstantin Somov.
Some or all sexual acts between men are currently or were formerly classified as crimes in jurisdictions of some countries. In its December 2020 report,International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) found that certain sexual acts between men are criminalized in 67 of 193UN member states and one non-independent jurisdiction, theCook Islands, while two UN member states,Iraq andEgypt, criminalize itde facto but not in legislation.[26][27][28] In Egypt, there is no law against homosexuality but gay and bisexual men are prosecuted under other laws, most famously theCairo 52.[29][30][31] In at least six UN member states—Brunei,Iran,Mauritania,Nigeria (onlynorthern Nigeria),Saudi Arabia andYemen—it ispunishable by death.[26][32] In 2007, five countries executed someone as a penalty for homosexual acts.[29] In 2020, ILGA named Iran and Saudi Arabia as the only countries in which executions for same-sex activity have reportedly taken place.[26][33][34] In other countries, such as Yemen and Iraq, extrajudicial executions are carried out by militias such asIslamic State orAl-Qaeda.[26] Many other countries had such laws in the past, but they were repealed, especially since 1945.[35][36] Such laws are inherently difficult to enforce;[37] more often than not, they are not commonly enforced.[36]
^Rosenberger Joshua G (2011). "Sexual Behaviors and Situational Characteristics of Most Recent Male-Partnered Sexual Event among Gay and Bisexually Identified Men in the United States".The Journal of Sexual Medicine.8 (11):3040–3050.doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02438.x.PMID21883941.
^Rosenberger, Joshua G. (2011). "Sexual Behaviors and Situational Characteristics of Most Recent Male-Partnered Sexual Event among Gay and Bisexually Identified Men in the United States".The Journal of Sexual Medicine.8 (11):3040–3050.doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02438.x.PMID21883941.
^Laumann, E., Gagnon, J.H., Michael, R.T., and Michaels, S. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. 1994. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (Also reported in the companion volume, Michael et al., Sex in America: A Definitive Survey, 1994).
^Reece M; Rosenberger JG; Schick V; Herbenick D; Dodge B; Novak DS (2010). "Characteristics of vibrator use by gay and bisexually identified men in the United States".The Journal of Sexual Medicine.7 (10):3467–76.doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01873.x.PMID20561168.
^Ahmady, Kameel Et al 2020:Forbidden Tale (A comprehensive study on lesbian, gay, bisexuals (LGB) in Iran). AP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. p77.
^abAsal, Victor; Sommer, Udi (2016).Legal Path Dependence and the Long Arm of the Religious State: Sodomy Provisions and Gay Rights across Nations and over Time. SUNY Press. pp. 19–20, 65.ISBN978-1-4384-6325-4.
^Tolino, Serena (2020). "LGBTQI Rights in the Middle East and North Africa".The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East. Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-008748-7.
^Hildebrandt, Achim (2014). "Routes to decriminalization: A comparative analysis of the legalization of same-sex sexual acts".Sexualities.17 (1–2):230–253.doi:10.1177/1363460713511105.S2CID145575130.
^abKane, Melinda D. (2015). "Decriminalizing Homosexuality: Gaining Rights through Sodomy Law Reform".The Ashgate Research Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism. Routledge. p. 277.ISBN978-1-315-61314-7.
^Dupont, Wannes (2019). "Pas de deux, out of step: Diverging chronologies of homosexuality's (de)criminalisation in the Low Countries".Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies.22 (4):321–338.doi:10.5117/TVGN2019.4.001.DUPO.S2CID213698186.
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