Daniel Saynt, who runs sex ed workshops at The New Society for Wellness, told Insider in 2018 that pegging had reached a new high in popularity.

"It's gained in popularity over the past 10 years with an increase in pornographic videos featuring the act and a new found comfort in men who have begun to realize that the reasons they've never tried anal is due to a fear of being identified as homosexual," Saynt said.

"Through most of the past century, the media and society as a whole have taught men that it isn't 'masculine' to enjoy anal sex. Many men have been trained to believe that if they enjoy anal sex they are on a path to homosexuality, even if they have never had sexual desires for men."

Pegging as a political statement

"Peg the patriarchy" is a slogan playing on the image of a cisgender woman pegging a cisgender man.