Autofellatio

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Autofellatio: oral sex performed by a man on himself. Most men do not possess sufficient penis length and/or the spine flexibility required to perform this act.

Template:Linkimage Autofellatio is the act of oral stimulation of one's own penis as a form of masturbation. While few human males are sufficiently well-endowed and/or flexible enough to perform the frontbend required, increased flexibility achieved via gravity-assisted positions, and physical training such as gymnastics, contortion or yoga may make it possible for some. Kinsey states that fewer than 1% of men can successfully suck or lick their own penises. Autofellatio used to be treated by behavioristic science as a problem rather than as a variety in sexual practice.

History

Autofellatio has an ancient history. Archaeologists have found hieroglyphs and ancient paintings featuring men fellating their own penises. Academic 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. The sun god Ra is said to have created the god Shu and goddess Tefnut by fellating himself and spitting out his own semen onto the ground, though the far-more-common interpretation makes the act in question more-conventional masturbation.

Autofellatio as entheogenic practice

Autofellator Glenn Scheper conveys an aspect of autofellatio that is often lost in the spectacle of this ostentatious sexual practice but which nonetheless suggests a connection to the ancient cosmogenical myths involving autofellatio. Scheper discovered autofellatio as a 24-year-old and attributes several years of psychotic disturbances to this find. In essence he posits that the practice brings the practitioner into a heightened awareness – a rapture-like state of consciousness – conducive to profound ontological insights. Autofellator Al Eingang explains some of the reason for this attained ability to "tweak" one's orgasm both for extended duration and increased intensity:

"Imagine having someone suck on your cock who knows exactly what you're feeling at every moment; who can adjust every variable instantly to provide you with maximum pleasure. Imagine […] sucking on the cock of a man who knows exactly how hard and fast to push, and when to pull out […] Having that much control means that I can have a variety of kinds of orgasms…" (Al Eingang)

Scheper likens what happens to the phenomenon of infinite regress known in quantum mechanics as a strange loop or Von Neumann's catastrophe of the infinite regress where the mind loses its grip on the subject-object relationship and one finds oneself at once being receiver and giver of fellatio. This could be comparable to an experience of apotheosis which Scheper compares with the surmised initiatory states of consciousness attained by religious icons such as Enoch, Moses, Buddha and Jesus. The literature history is, according to Scheper, replete with esoteric references to this act.

In modern culture

• While fairly few pornographic movies involve autofellatio, Ron Jeremy is remembered in part for his 1970s examples on film.

• Finnish New Age cult leader Ior Bock claims that saunasolmu (meaning 'sauna knot' in English) is an ancient Finnish tradition of autofellatio.

• In one version of the infamous limerick, "The Man from Nantucket," it tells the story of a man who engages in autofellatio.

References in fiction

• The topic has also been used as the basis for comedy. 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.

He also followed this up with:

I can speak for every guy in this room here tonight. Guys, if you could blow yourselves, ladies, you'd be in this room alone right now... watching an empty stage.

• In the 2006 movie My Super Ex-Girlfriend The main character, Matt, is on a subway train reading a newspaper about a superhero (G-Girl). He asks his best friend Vaughn if he could have any power what would he want. Vaughn Replied "To gratify myself orally", implying that he wishes to commit auto-fellatio.

• The act also featured in an April 18, 2000 Saturday Night Live skit featuring host Tobey Maguire as a yoga instructor whose student, played by Will Ferrell, distracts the entire class by managing, after years of trying, to fellate himself.

• In his semi-autobiographical novel The Hand-Reared Boy (1970), the writer Brian Aldiss 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.

• Kevin Smith later developed a similar theme in his debut film Clerks., in which the main character, Dante Hicks, is goaded by his comedic foil, Randal Graves, into admitting that he once attempted the act but could not reach, after having related to Dante that his cousin Walter died while attempting the act - a setup that results in a later payoff at the end of the film. A coroner observing a corpse being moved into an ambulance relates a story about the strangest death she ever encountered. This was a man who broke his neck while autofellating. Randal: "This has got to be the weirdest thing you've ever been called in on." Coroner: "No, I once had to tag a kid who broke his neck trying to put his mouth on his penis."

• Writer/director Larry David, in his 1998 film Sour Grapes, included a few mentions of the topic, with muted shots of a lead actor fellating himself occasionally throughout the movie.

• The Viz comics have featured fake advertisements (also published in "Roger Mellie's Ad Break", a compilation of Viz fake adverts) about autofellatio, including slogans such as "Learn Yoga and give yourself a blowjob".

• In the 2001 movie Saving Silverman actor Jack Black talks about taking yoga to achieve the goal of being able to perform autofellatio (though in the movie only says "...oh, and the fact that I like sucking..." which at that very moment he was interjected by his friend, who was quite shocked. Also, the friend attempts performing autofellatio, but is interupted by a phone call.

• In the spoof movie Scary Movie 2, David Cross' character is frustrated at the offer of receiving oral stimulation from another, perceiving that everyone thinks he needs constant assistance due to his being wheel chair bound. He refuses the offer and quickly opts for self-stimulation.

See also

• Autocunnilingus, the analogue for a female
• Entheogen

References and External links

• Interview with autofellator Al Eingang
• Selffellatio Groups
• Auto-Fellatio: If You Want Something Done Right, Do It Yourself