Autofellatio
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Autofellatio is a form of masturbation involving the oral stimulation of one's own penis.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Only a limited number of males are physically capable of performing fellatio on themselves due to the flexibility required.<ref name="DS">Template:Cite book</ref>
HistoryEdit
Egyptologist David Lorton says that many ancient texts refer to autofellatio within the religion of Egypt, both in the realm of the gods and among the followers performing religious rituals.<ref name="lorton1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to Lorton, in the Papyrus Bremner-Rhind 28, 20–24, in a document called "Book of Overthrowing Apophis", there is a poem narrating how the sun god Ra had created the god Shu and goddess Tefnut by fellating himself and spitting out his own semen onto the ground.<ref name="lorton1" /> In ancient Egyptian texts, this act is usually performed by the god Atum, and most texts depict only the spitting of the semen or only the masturbation, but not both.<ref name="lorton1" />
Michel Foucault cites Artemidorus' Oneirocritica as identifying the act of "taking [one's] sex organ into one's [own] mouth" as one of three ways to commit "relations with oneself." Artemidorus thought that dreams of this "unnatural" act portended the death of one's children, loss of one's mistresses, or extreme poverty.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Physical aspectsEdit
Few people possess sufficient flexibility and penis length to perform the necessary frontbend.<ref name="DS" /> However, increased flexibility achieved via gravity-assisted positions, and physical training such as gymnastics, contortion, or yoga may make it possible for some. American biologists Craig Bartle and Alfred Charles Kinsey reported that fewer than 1% of males can successfully orally contact their own penis and that only 2 or 3 men in a thousand could perform a full autofellatio.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Previously, autofellatio was considered by behavioristic science a problem rather than as a variety in sexual practice.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Health risksEdit
Risk factors are primarily related to muscle strain. In a Men's Health publication, sex counselor Eric Garrison says pulled muscles are not uncommon.<ref name="Men's Health">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Another sex counselor, Cam Fraser, in an ABC report:<ref name="ABC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "The only things that I could think of that could potentially go wrong could be if you're not limbered up enough, maybe pulling a muscle and hurting your back." Both men remark that STIs, such as herpes, can be transferred from the mouth to penis, and vice versa.<ref name="Men's Health" /><ref name="ABC" /> Additionally, Garrison has encountered a few cases of men accidentally biting themselves.<ref name="Men's Health" />
References in cultureEdit
Autofellatio is a niche in pornography.<ref>Template:Cite book.</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> While relatively few pornographic films involve autofellatio, some pornographic actors are noted for this skill, including Ron Jeremy for his 1970s examples on film.<ref name="nardwuar">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other actors, including Scott O'Hara, Cole Youngblood, Steve Holmes, and Ricky Martinez, have also been featured performing autofellatio. In Brian W. Aldiss' 1970 semi-autobiographical novel The Hand-Reared Boy, he describes group masturbation practices at a British boys' boarding school. One boy with an especially large penis is capable of fellating himself, a fact which the narrator, Horatio Stubbs, verifies.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Comedian Bill Hicks elaborated an oft-quoted riff on the subject of fellatio, "A woman one night yelled out, 'Yeah, you ever try it?' I said 'Yeah. Almost broke my back.Template:' "<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kevin Smith later developed a similar theme ("He broke his neck trying to suck his own dick") in his 1994 debut film Clerks.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> Writer/director Larry David, in his 1998 film Sour Grapes, used autofellatio as a recurring plot device with several mentions and muted shots of a lead actor fellating himself (back trouble allowing) throughout the movie. In a 26th season (2000–2001) Saturday Night Live sketch, Will Ferrell plays a character who joins a yoga class with the sole purpose of developing the ability to fellate himself as a part of reaching Samadhi.<ref name="snla">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In the 2001 film Scary Movie 2, Professor Dwight Hartman (David Cross) performs autofellatio after rebuffing Theo's (Kathleen Robertson) offer to perform oral sex on him.
The opening sequence of the 2006 film Shortbus shows James (Paul Dawson) fellating himself on videotape; like all of ShortbusTemplate:`s sexual content, the scene was unsimulated.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1993, American feminist artist Kiki Smith created a beeswax life-size sculpture titled "Mother/Child" which included a depiction of a man performing autofellatio.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2017, the concept of autofellatio was employed by a former White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci, towards other senior White House officials in Donald Trump's administration: "I'm not Steve Bannon, I'm not trying to suck my own cock".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>