Autocunnilingus
Autocunnilingus is cunnilingus performed by a woman on herself, by sucking or using her tongue on her own genitalia as a form of masturbation.[1]
An unusually high degree of flexibility such as that of a contortionist would be required to perform the act.[2][3][4][5] Unlike the male equivalent, autofellatio, which requires a less extreme frontbend and is known to be achievable by a small fraction of the male population,[6] autocunnilingus has not been reliably documented as achievable. As of January 2015[update], PubMed, the medical literature database maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, which contains several descriptions of autofellatio, contained no mentions of autocunnilingus.[7] Autocunnilingus was also not found in a study of sexual humour based on transformation of proverbs.[8] It has, however, been reported as a self-destructive fantasy,[9] and occurrences have been reported in non-human primates.[10]
In "Besorgung", one of his Venetian Epigrams, Goethe imagined Bettina becoming sufficiently limber to perform autocunnilingus and do without men.[11][12] Camille Paglia compares the resulting image to William Blake's "engravings of solipsistically contorted figures".[13]
References
- ^ "autocunnilingus", The Complete Dictionary of Sexology, expanded ed., ed. Robert T. Francoeur et al., New York: Continuum, 1995, ISBN 9780826406729, p. 49.
- ^ "Schlangenfrau gesucht" - "Sought: snake-woman", Mario Günther-Bruns, Sexgott: 1.000 Tabubrüche, Diana 60223, Munich: Heyne, 2013, ISBN 9783453602236, n. p. Template:De icon
- ^ Eva Christina, The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary, New York: Perigee, 2011, ISBN 978-0-399-53694-6, OCLC 706018293, n. p.
- ^ Jesse Bering, "So Close, and Yet So Far Away: The Contorted History of Autofellatio", in Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?: And Other Reflections on Being Human, New York: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2012, ISBN 9780374532925, pp. 11–16, p. 16.
- ^ Drawing, Art of Love: Nearly 100 Sex Positions and Wealth of Illustrated Material from Foreplay to Anatomy, e-book, Mobilereference.com, 2007, ISBN 9781605011172, n.p.
- ^ William Guy and Michael H. P. Finn, "A Review of Autofellatio: A Psychological Study of Two New Cases", Psychoanalytic Review 41 (1954) 354–58.
- ^ Search for "autocunnilingus", PubMed, US National Library of Medicine / National Institutes of Health, January 7, 2015.
- ^ Anna T. Litovkina, "Sexuality in Anglo-American Anti-Proverbs", in The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains, ed. Marta Dynel-Buczkowska, Pragmatics & Beyond, new series 210, Amsterdam / Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2011, pp. 191–214, ISBN 9789027256140, note 10, p. 205.
- ^ Fear of Being Fat: The Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, ed. C. Philip Wilson with Charles C. Hogan and Ira L. Mintz, Classical psychoanalysis and its applications, New York: Aronson, 1983, ISBN 9780876684801, p. 145.
- ^ David J. Linden, The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel so Good, New York: Viking-Penguin, 2011, ISBN 9780670022588, n.p.: the example that follows involves water from a garden hose rather than the mouth.
- ^ Ludger Lütkehaus, "'O Wollust, o Hölle': Onanie, Phantasie und Literatur", Die Zeit, 15 November 1991, p. 10 Template:De icon
- ^ W. Daniel Wilson, Goethe Männer Knaben: Ansichten zur "Homosexualität", Berlin: Insel, 2012, ISBN 9783458175421, p. 500 (pdf p. 8) Template:De icon
- ^ Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, 1990, repr. New York: Vintage, 1991, ISBN 9780679735793, p. 253.