Editing Autofellatio

{{short description|Act of oral stimulation of one's own penis}}
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'''Autofellatio''' is a form of [[masturbation]] involving the [[oral sex|oral stimulation]] of one's own [[human penis|penis]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Amanda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bHytBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA18 |title=Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis |last2=Milrod |first2=Christine |last3=Kimmel |first3=Michael |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |year=2014 |isbn=9780759123144 |page=18 |access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> Only a limited number of males are physically capable of performing [[fellatio]] on themselves due to the flexibility required.<ref name="DS">{{Cite book |last=Savage |first=Dan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWmsV0n0mNYC&pg=PA242 |title=Savage Love |publisher=Plume |year=1998 |isbn=9780452278158 |page=242}}</ref>

==History==
Egyptologist [[David Lorton]] says that many ancient texts refer to autofellatio within the religion of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], both in the realm of the gods and among the followers performing religious rituals.<ref name="lorton1">{{Cite web |last=Lorton |first=David |year=1995 |title=Autofellatio and Ontology |url=http://reocities.com/Athens/academy/1326/ontology.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229072235/http://reocities.com/Athens/academy/1326/ontology.html |archive-date=29 December 2010 |access-date=15 April 2006 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Autofellatio |url=http://www.sexinfo101.com/as_autofellatio.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021215552/http://www.sexinfo101.com/as_autofellatio.shtml |archive-date=21 October 2006 |access-date=15 October 2006 |website=SexInfo101.com |quote=Academic David Lorton says that many ancient texts refer to autofellatio within the religious mythology of Egypt. He also notes that autofellatio was performed during rituals as a result of the sun god Ra's... |df=dmy-all}}</ref> According to Lorton, in the [[List of ancient Egyptian papyri|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 (Egyptian deity)|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>{{Cite book |last=Foucault |first=Michel |title=The History of Sexuality |publisher=Pantheon Books |year=1984 |volume=3: The Care of the Self |location=New York |page=24 |translator-last=Hurley |translator-first=Robert}}</ref>

==Physical aspects==
Few people possess sufficient [[Flexibility (anatomy)|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 as exercise|yoga]] may make it possible for some. American biologists [[Kinsey Reports|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>{{Cite journal |last1=Guy |first1=William |last2=Finn |first2=Michael H. P. |year=1954 |title=A Review of Autofellatio: A Psychological Study of Two New Cases |journal=[[Psychoanalytic Review]] |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=354–358|pmid=13215680 }}</ref> Previously, autofellatio was considered by [[Behaviorism|behavioristic science]] a problem rather than as a variety in sexual practice.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cavenar |first1=J. O. Jr. |last2=Spaulding |first2=J. G. |last3=Butts |first3=N. T. |date=November 1977 |title=Autofellatio: a power and dependency conflict |journal=[[Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease]] |volume=165 |issue=5 |pages=356–360|doi=10.1097/00005053-197711000-00007 |pmid=915496 }}</ref>

==Health risks==
Risk factors are primarily related to [[Strain (injury)|muscle strain]]. In a ''[[Men's Health]]'' publication, sex counselor Eric Garrison says pulled muscles are not uncommon.<ref name="Men's Health">{{Cite web |date=16 July 2019 |title=The Long, Complicated History of Auto-Fellatio |url=https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a28412362/auto-fellatio-history/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=[[Men's Health]]}}</ref> Another sex counselor, Cam Fraser, in an [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] report:<ref name="ABC">{{Cite web |last=Salmin |first=Dee |date=9 June 2022 |title=Sucking your own dick: Is it possible and will anything go wrong? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/the-sunday-hook-up/can-you-suck-your-own-dick-and-will-anything-go-wrong/13922540 |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |department=Triple J}}</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 [[Sexually transmitted infection|STI]]s, 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 culture==
[[File:Autofellatiating grotesque - Konrad von Hochstaden.jpg|thumb|An autofellating [[Grotesque (architecture)|grotesque]] below a statue of [[Konrad von Hochstaden]]]]
Autofellatio is a niche in [[pornography]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rogers |first1=Ben R. |title=Going down: the instinct guide to oral sex |last2=Perry |first2=Joel |publisher=Alyson Publications |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-55583-752-5}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Linda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdWZ8JD5dkkC |title=Porn Studies |publisher=Duke University Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-8223-3312-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kick |first=Russell |url=https://archive.org/details/bookoflistssubve00kick |title=Book of lists: subversive facts and hidden information in rapid-fire format |publisher=The Disinformation Company |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-9729529-4-1}}</ref> While relatively few [[pornographic film]]s involve autofellatio, some pornographic actors are noted for this skill, including [[Ron Jeremy]] for his 1970s examples on film.<ref name="nardwuar">{{Cite web |date=27 December 1996 |title=Nardwuar vs Ron Jeremy |url=http://www.nardwuar.com/vs/ron_jeremy/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120130818/http://nardwuar.com/vs/ron_jeremy/index.html |archive-date=20 November 2006 |access-date=25 December 2006 |website=Nardwuar |publisher=Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kapelovitz |first=Dan |date=January 2001 |title=Because They Can: The Risks and Rewards of Auto-Fellatio |url=http://www.kapelovitz.com/selfsuck.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929075505/http://www.kapelovitz.com/selfsuck.htm |archive-date=29 September 2009 |publisher=[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler Magazine]]}}</ref> Other actors, including [[Scott O'Hara]], Cole Youngblood, [[Steve Holmes (actor)|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 [[United Kingdom|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>{{Cite book |last=Aldiss |first=Brian W. |author-link=Brian W. Aldiss |title=The Hand-Reared Boy |date=1970 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Aldiss |isbn=9780297179603 |location=London}}</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.{{' "}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=It's Just a Ride |url=http://www.centripedus.com/bhpage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007213805/http://www.centripedus.com/bhpage.html |archive-date=2007-10-07}}</ref> [[Kevin Smith]] later developed a similar theme ("He broke his neck trying to suck his own dick") in his 1994 debut film ''[[Clerks (1994 film)|Clerks]]''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=http://www.allmoviescripts.com/scripts/19858343303f343410b98d9.html |title=Clerks |type=Script |access-date=27 April 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050207033537/http://www.allmoviescripts.com/scripts/19858343303f343410b98d9.html |archive-date=7 February 2005 |url-status=dead |format=txt |people=Kevin Smith |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Writer/director [[Larry David]], in his 1998 film ''[[Sour Grapes (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 [[Saturday Night Live (season 26)|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">{{Cite magazine |date=Sep-Oct 2000 |title=Karma Demerits |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuoDAAAAMBAJ&q=saturday+night+live |magazine=Yoga Journal |publisher=Active Interest Media |page=26 |issn=0191-0965}}</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 (actor)|Paul Dawson]]) fellating himself on videotape; like all of ''Shortbus''{{`}}s sexual content, the scene was [[unsimulated sex|unsimulated]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Onstad |first=Katrina |author-link=Katrina Onstad |date=12 September 2006 |title=Naughty but Nice |url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tiff/features/tiffshortbus.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607095242/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tiff/features/tiffshortbus.html |archive-date=7 June 2009 |access-date=28 June 2009 |work=[[CBC.ca]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tilendis |first=Robert M. |title=Shortbus (ThinkFilm, 2006) |url=http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/film_shortbus.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027073836/http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/film_shortbus.html |archive-date=27 October 2010 |access-date=28 November 2009 |website=Green Review}}</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>{{Cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Diego |date=3 May 2011 |title=Words and thoughts from New York |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/Words-and-thoughts-from-New-York.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128110730/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/Words-and-thoughts-from-New-York.asp |archive-date=28 January 2013 |access-date=27 December 2011 |website=Media Life Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Saltz |first=Jerry |date=26 March 2010 |title=Less Than the Sum of Its Parts |url=http://nymag.com/arts/art/reviews/65115/ |access-date=27 December 2011 |magazine=[[New York Magazine]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=4 March 2010 |title=Art Review - 'Skin Fruit' - A Mainstream Show at the Anti-Mainstream New Museum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/arts/design/05dakis.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021171438/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/arts/design/05dakis.html |archive-date=21 October 2022 |access-date=27 December 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</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 [[First cabinet of Donald Trump|Donald Trump's administration]]:
"I'm not [[Steve Bannon]], I'm not trying to suck my own cock".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lizza |first=Ryan |date=27 July 2017 |title=Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon |url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon |access-date=29 July 2017 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Human sexuality}}
* [[Autocunnilingus]]
* [[Ior Bock]]
* [[Sexercises]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Autofellatio}}
* [http://www.eyeshot.net/autofellatio.html Interview with an Autofellator]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111114080233/http://altpenis.com/news/autofellatio.shtml Auto-Fellatio: If You Want Something Done Right, Do It Yourself] - An editorial

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