Autocunnilingus

Artistic depiction of a woman performing autocunnilingus

Autocunnilingus is a form of masturbation involving the oral stimulation of one's own vulva. ^{[1] [2]} Performing cunnilingus on oneself requires an unusually high degree of flexibility such as that of contortionists or double-jointed people. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Documentation

While possible for a small number of women, ^{[2] [7]} autocunnilingus has not been thoroughly studied or well-documented. ^[8] It has, however, been reported as a self-destructive fantasy, ^[9] and other occurrences of the act have been reported in macaques and chimpanzees. ^{[10] [11]}

Fiction

In "Besorgung", one of his Venetian Epigrams   [ de ], Goethe imagined Bettina becoming sufficiently limber to perform autocunnilingus and do without men. ^{[12] [13]} Camille Paglia compares the resulting image to William Blake's "engravings of solipsistically contorted figures". ^[14]

See also

• Human sexuality portal

• Autofellatio
• Sexercise

References

1. "Autocunnilingus", The Complete Dictionary of Sexology , expanded ed., ed. Robert T. Francoeur et al., New York: Continuum, 1995, ISBN   9780826406729, p. 49.
2. Fernando Liggio, Trattato moderno di psicopatologia della sessualità, Biblioteca Universitaria, 2010, ISBN   9783453602236, p. 65 (in Italian).
3. "Schlangenfrau gesucht" - "Sought: snake-woman", Mario Günther-Bruns, Sexgott: 1.000 Tabubrüche, Diana 60223, Munich: Heyne, 2013, , n. p. (in German).
4. Eva Christina, The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary , New York: Perigee, 2011, ISBN   978-0-399-53694-6, OCLC   706018293, n. p.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Psychiatric Research Report: 6-9, American Psychiatric Association, 1957, p. 34.
8. William Guy and Michael H. P. Finn, "A Review of Autofellatio: A Psychological Study of Two New Cases", Psychoanalytic Review 41 (1954) 354–58.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Todd K. Shackelford, The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology Volume 4: Controversies, Applications, and Nonhuman Primate Extensions, Cambridge University Press, 2022, ISBN   978-1-10895-243-9, n.p.
12. Ludger Lütkehaus, "'O Wollust, o Hölle': Onanie, Phantasie und Literatur", Die Zeit , 15 November 1991, p. 10 (in German).
13. W. Daniel Wilson, Goethe Männer Knaben: Ansichten zur "Homosexualität", Berlin: Insel, 2012, ISBN   9783458175421, p. 500 (pdf p. 8) (in German).
14. Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson , 1990, repr. New York: Vintage, 1991, ISBN   9780679735793, p. 253.