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'''Fisting'''—also known as '''fist fucking''' (FF),<ref name=":11" /> handballing, and brachioproctic or brachiovaginal insertion<ref name="Herrman">{{cite book|last=Herrman|first=Bert|title=Trust—the Hand Book: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o1ZvK2UC4FQC|access-date=March 4, 2014|year=1991|publisher=Alamo Square Press|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-0-9624751-5-3|pages=46–47, 58}}</ref>—is a [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] that involves inserting one or more hands into the [[rectum]] (anal fisting) or the [[vagina]] (vaginal fisting).<ref name=":11" /> Fisting may be performed on oneself (self-fisting)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Ultimate Anal Fisting Guide |url=https://fistfy.com/anal-fisting-guide/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Fistfy |language=en-US}}</ref> or performed on one person by another. People who engage in fisting are often called "fisters".<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":18" />
'''Fisting'''—also known as '''fist fucking''' (FF),<ref name=":11" /> handballing, and brachioproctic or brachiovaginal insertion<ref name="Herrman">{{cite book|last=Herrman|first=Bert|title=Trust—the Hand Book: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o1ZvK2UC4FQC|access-date=March 4, 2014|year=1991|publisher=Alamo Square Press|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-0-9624751-5-3|pages=46–47, 58}}</ref>—is a [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] that involves inserting one or more hands into the [[rectum]] (anal fisting) or the [[vagina]] (vaginal fisting).<ref name=":11" /> Fisting may be performed on oneself (self-fisting)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Ultimate Anal Fisting Guide |url=https://fistfy.com/anal-fisting-guide/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Fistfy |language=en-US}}</ref> or performed on one person by another. People who engage in fisting are often called "fisters".<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":18" />


==History==
== History ==
<!-- Please don't remove images without first seeking consensus on the talk page - your edit will be reverted -->Fisting's emergence as a sexual practice is commonly attributed to [[LGBT culture#Gay men's culture|gay male culture]].<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Fisting, also called handballing, fist-fucking, brachiovaginal, or brachioproctic insertion |url=http://www.leatherpedia.org/fisting-also-called-handballing-fist-fucking-brachiovaginal-or-brachioproctic-insertion/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Leatherpedia |language=en-US}}</ref> However, its precise origin is disputed. Some claim fisting began in the twentieth century,<ref name="Damousi">{{cite book|first1=Joy |last1=Damousi |first2=Robert |last2=Reynolds|title=History on the Couch: Essays in History and Psychoanalysis|publisher=[[Melbourne University]]|isbn=052285057X|year=2003|page=57|access-date=February 24, 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9NIWYP7MmkC&pg=PA57}}</ref><ref name="Bergman">{{cite book|author=David Bergman|title=The Violet Hour: The Violet Quill and the Making of Gay Culture|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|isbn=0231503830|year=2004|pages=206–207|access-date=February 24, 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yam1zo4yUlsC&pg=PA206}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Piontek|first=Thomas|title=Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies|url=https://archive.org/details/queeringgaylesbi0000pion|url-access=registration|access-date=October 9, 2014|date=January 2006|publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]|isbn=978-0-252-03031-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/queeringgaylesbi0000pion/page/90 90]}}</ref> whereas others assert the practice dates back to the eighteenth century or earlier.<ref name=":16">{{Cite journal |last=Martin |first=Jarred H |date=2023-04-03 |title=Fisting intimacy: The sexual scripting of intimacy in gay men's anal fisting |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19419899.2022.2148119 |journal=Psychology & Sexuality |language=en |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=416–431 |doi=10.1080/19419899.2022.2148119 |hdl=2263/88857 |s2cid=253530400 |issn=1941-9899|hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jonathan |date=2011-08-15 |title=A Hand in the Bush - An Interview with Deborah Addington |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmvqx7/a-hand-in-the-bush-an-interview-with-deborah-addington |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Sex education|Sex educator]] [[Center for Sex & Culture#Robert Lawrence|Robert Morgan Lawrence]], for example, claimed the practice dates back thousands of years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taormino |first=Tristan |author-link=Tristan Taormino |date=1998 |title=The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women |publisher=Cleis Press |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimateguidetoa00taorrich |url-access=registration |page=103 |isbn=9781573440288}}</ref>
<!-- Please don't remove images without first seeking consensus on the talk page - your edit will be reverted -->Fisting's emergence as a sexual practice is commonly attributed to [[LGBT culture#Gay men's culture|gay male culture]].<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Fisting, also called handballing, fist-fucking, brachiovaginal, or brachioproctic insertion |url=http://www.leatherpedia.org/fisting-also-called-handballing-fist-fucking-brachiovaginal-or-brachioproctic-insertion/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Leatherpedia |language=en-US}}</ref> However, its precise origin is disputed. Some claim fisting began in the twentieth century,<ref name="Damousi">{{cite book|first1=Joy |last1=Damousi |first2=Robert |last2=Reynolds|title=History on the Couch: Essays in History and Psychoanalysis|publisher=[[Melbourne University]]|isbn=052285057X|year=2003|page=57|access-date=February 24, 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9NIWYP7MmkC&pg=PA57}}</ref><ref name="Bergman">{{cite book|author=David Bergman|title=The Violet Hour: The Violet Quill and the Making of Gay Culture|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|isbn=0231503830|year=2004|pages=206–207|access-date=February 24, 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yam1zo4yUlsC&pg=PA206}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Piontek|first=Thomas|title=Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies|url=https://archive.org/details/queeringgaylesbi0000pion|url-access=registration|access-date=October 9, 2014|date=January 2006|publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]|isbn=978-0-252-03031-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/queeringgaylesbi0000pion/page/90 90]}}</ref> whereas others assert the practice dates back to the eighteenth century or earlier.<ref name=":16">{{Cite journal |last=Martin |first=Jarred H |date=2023-04-03 |title=Fisting intimacy: The sexual scripting of intimacy in gay men's anal fisting |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19419899.2022.2148119 |journal=Psychology & Sexuality |language=en |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=416–431 |doi=10.1080/19419899.2022.2148119 |hdl=2263/88857 |s2cid=253530400 |issn=1941-9899|hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jonathan |date=2011-08-15 |title=A Hand in the Bush - An Interview with Deborah Addington |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmvqx7/a-hand-in-the-bush-an-interview-with-deborah-addington |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Sex education|Sex educator]] [[Center for Sex & Culture#Robert Lawrence|Robert Morgan Lawrence]], for example, claimed the practice dates back thousands of years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taormino |first=Tristan |author-link=Tristan Taormino |date=1998 |title=The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women |publisher=Cleis Press |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimateguidetoa00taorrich |url-access=registration |page=103 |isbn=9781573440288}}</ref>


Fisting became more visible and popular around the time of the [[gay liberation movement]], during which [[sex club]]s partly or entirely dedicated to the practice emerged. By 1973, gay bars, bathhouses and clubs such as the Red Star Saloon in [[South of Market, San Francisco]] were openly advertising fisting.<ref name=":22" /> Arguably the most famous fisting club was the [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], which operated during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="occupytampa.org">{{cite book |last=Rubin |first=Gayle |author-link=Gayle Rubin |title=Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice |date=1992 |publisher=Alyson Press |isbn=1555831877 |pages=119–141 |chapter=The Catacombs: A Temple of the Butthole}}; reprinted in {{cite book |url=http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/introfem/final/introfem%20final%20final/Gayle_S._Rubin_Deviations_A_Gayle_Rubin_Reader_a_John_Hope_Franklin_Center_Book__2011.pdf |title=Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader |date=2011 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0822349860 |access-date=September 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082917/http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/introfem/final/introfem%20final%20final/Gayle_S._Rubin_Deviations_A_Gayle_Rubin_Reader_a_John_Hope_Franklin_Center_Book__2011.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Handball Express was another such club.<ref>{{cite book | first = Eric | last = Rofes | author-link=Eric Rofes | title = A Walking Tour of South of Market in the 1970s | location = San Francisco | date = 2005 | pages = 16–17 | chapter = The Handball Express, 975 Harrison Street | url=http://www.ericrofes.com/pdf/70s_Walking_Tour.pdf |access-date=November 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031170033/http://www.ericrofes.com/pdf/70s_Walking_Tour.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> [[Crisco]] was commonly used as a [[Personal lubricant|lubricant]]—prominently featured in [[pornographic film]]s like ''[[Bijou Theater (Chicago)#Bijou Video|Erotic Hands]]'' (1980)<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Erotic Hands |url=https://gay.aebn.com/gay/movies/125210/erotic-hands |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[AEBN]]}}</ref>—before [[#Lubricants|specialized products]] became available.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":8" />
Fisting became more visible and popular around the time of the [[gay liberation movement]], during which [[sex club]]s partly or entirely dedicated to the practice emerged. By 1973, gay bars, bathhouses and clubs such as the Red Star Saloon in [[South of Market, San Francisco]] were openly advertising fisting.<ref name=":22" /> Arguably the most famous fisting club was the [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], which operated during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="occupytampa.org">{{cite book |last=Rubin |first=Gayle |author-link=Gayle Rubin |title=Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice |date=1992 |publisher=Alyson Press |isbn=1555831877 |pages=119–141 |chapter=The Catacombs: A Temple of the Butthole}}; reprinted in {{cite book |url=http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/introfem/final/introfem%20final%20final/Gayle_S._Rubin_Deviations_A_Gayle_Rubin_Reader_a_John_Hope_Franklin_Center_Book__2011.pdf |title=Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader |date=2011 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0822349860 |access-date=September 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082917/http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/introfem/final/introfem%20final%20final/Gayle_S._Rubin_Deviations_A_Gayle_Rubin_Reader_a_John_Hope_Franklin_Center_Book__2011.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Handball Express was another such club.<ref>{{cite book | first = Eric | last = Rofes | author-link=Eric Rofes | title = A Walking Tour of South of Market in the 1970s | location = San Francisco | date = 2005 | pages = 16–17 | chapter = The Handball Express, 975 Harrison Street | url=http://www.ericrofes.com/pdf/70s_Walking_Tour.pdf |access-date=November 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031170033/http://www.ericrofes.com/pdf/70s_Walking_Tour.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> [[Crisco]] was commonly used as a [[Personal lubricant|lubricant]]—prominently featured in [[pornographic film]]s like ''[[Bijou Theater (Chicago)#Bijou Video|Erotic Hands]]'' (1980)<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Erotic Hands |url=https://gay.aebn.com/gay/movies/125210/erotic-hands |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[AEBN]]}}</ref>—before [[#Lubricants|specialized products]] became available.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":8" />
[[File:San Francisco Catacombs.jpg|thumb|[[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], an early fisting club ]]
[[File:San Francisco Catacombs.jpg|thumb|[[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], an early fisting club]]
During the [[AIDS Crisis|AIDS crisis]] in the 1980s, cities such as San Francisco<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1984-10-10 |title=14 San Francisco Sex Clubs Told to Close to Curb AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/10/us/14-san-francisco-sex-clubs-told-to-close-to-curb-aids.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=8 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[New York City|New York]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Maurice |date=1985-10-26 |title=State Permits Closing of Bathhouses to Cut AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/26/nyregion/state-permits-closing-of-bathhouses-to-cut-aids.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=1 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> forcibly closed gay establishments that, accurately or not, were believed to permit [[unsafe sex]],<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Hank |first=Trout |date=2021-12-22 |title=The bathhouse battle of 1984 |url=https://www.sfaf.org/collections/beta/the-bathhouse-battle-of-1984/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref> including fisting.<ref name=":15">{{Cite journal |last=Barcelos |first=Chris A. |date=2023-05-04 |title=Adventures in fisting |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/share/DPWUMPWCVITJDH2EKU2R?target=10.1080/14681811.2022.2061441 |journal=[[Sex Education (journal)|Sex Education]] |language=en |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=279–286 |doi=10.1080/14681811.2022.2061441 |issn=1468-1811 |s2cid=248197422 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Consequently, most venues that permitted fisting, namely [[gay bathhouses]] and [[sex club]]s, permanently closed.<ref>[[Gayle Rubin|Gayle S. Rubin]], "Elegy for the Valley of Kings: AIDS and the Leather Community in San Francisco, 1981-1996", in ''In Changing Times: Gay Men and Lesbians Encounter HIV/AIDS'', ed. John H. Gagnon, Peter M. Nardi, and Martin P. Levine, University of Chicago Press, 1997, {{ISBN|0226278573}}, pp. 101-144.</ref><ref name=":8" /> While the closures were supported by some in the gay community (such as [[Randy Shilts]]), others—including the [[gay press]], [[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]], and [[San Francisco Human Rights Commission]]—criticized the decision as counterproductive and a violation of civil liberties.<ref name=":12" /> Many regarded the closures as a product of [[Homophobia|anti-gay]] hysteria as well as [[Antisexualism|anti-sex]] attitudes and [[Taboo|disapproval]] of gay sexual activity in particular.<ref name=":12" /> Meanwhile, [[safe sex]] advocates launched a public health campaign to promote the use of gloves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=one-2018001-p02335~01 (UC12335431) |url=https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-45746 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=USC Libraries |date=2021 |doi=10.25549/one-c4-45746 |via=[[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]]}}</ref>
During the [[AIDS Crisis|AIDS crisis]] in the 1980s, cities such as San Francisco<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1984-10-10 |title=14 San Francisco Sex Clubs Told to Close to Curb AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/10/us/14-san-francisco-sex-clubs-told-to-close-to-curb-aids.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=8 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[New York City|New York]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Maurice |date=1985-10-26 |title=State Permits Closing of Bathhouses to Cut AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/26/nyregion/state-permits-closing-of-bathhouses-to-cut-aids.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=1 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> forcibly closed gay establishments that, accurately or not, were believed to permit [[unsafe sex]],<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Hank |first=Trout |date=2021-12-22 |title=The bathhouse battle of 1984 |url=https://www.sfaf.org/collections/beta/the-bathhouse-battle-of-1984/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref> including fisting.<ref name=":15">{{Cite journal |last=Barcelos |first=Chris A. |date=2023-05-04 |title=Adventures in fisting |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/share/DPWUMPWCVITJDH2EKU2R?target=10.1080/14681811.2022.2061441 |journal=[[Sex Education (journal)|Sex Education]] |language=en |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=279–286 |doi=10.1080/14681811.2022.2061441 |issn=1468-1811 |s2cid=248197422 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Consequently, most venues that permitted fisting, namely [[gay bathhouses]] and [[sex club]]s, permanently closed.<ref>[[Gayle Rubin|Gayle S. Rubin]], "Elegy for the Valley of Kings: AIDS and the Leather Community in San Francisco, 1981-1996", in ''In Changing Times: Gay Men and Lesbians Encounter HIV/AIDS'', ed. John H. Gagnon, Peter M. Nardi, and Martin P. Levine, University of Chicago Press, 1997, {{ISBN|0226278573}}, pp. 101-144.</ref><ref name=":8" /> While the closures were supported by some in the gay community (such as [[Randy Shilts]]), others—including the [[gay press]], [[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]], and [[San Francisco Human Rights Commission]]—criticized the decision as counterproductive and a violation of civil liberties.<ref name=":12" /> Many regarded the closures as a product of [[Homophobia|anti-gay]] hysteria as well as [[Antisexualism|anti-sex]] attitudes and [[Taboo|disapproval]] of gay sexual activity in particular.<ref name=":12" /> Meanwhile, [[safe sex]] advocates launched a public health campaign to promote the use of gloves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=one-2018001-p02335~01 (UC12335431) |url=https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-45746 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=USC Libraries |date=2021 |doi=10.25549/one-c4-45746 |via=[[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]]}}</ref>


Fisting's visibility and popularity has grown in the twenty-first century,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Exploring The Pleasures Of Fisting: A Guide To Safe And Enjoyable Fisting Sexual Experiences |url=https://www.allohealth.care/healthfeed/sex-education/fisting-sexual |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Allo Health |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Kaitlyn Hayes and Meka |date=2016-06-23 |title=UK sex trends: "Fisting is the new black" |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/06/23/uk-sex-trends-fisting-is-the-new-black/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref> likely due in large part to the [[Internet pornography|internet]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheves |first=Alexander |date=2019-07-10 |title=4 Perspectives On How The Internet Has Changed Kink |url=https://www.them.us/story/how-the-internet-has-changed-kink-bdsm-leather |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Them (website)|Them]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and greater [[Prevention of HIV/AIDS|HIV prevention and treatment options]]. Fisting [[pornography]] is now widely available online<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=E. J. |date=2014-10-21 |title=Is fisting the Internet's last taboo sex act? |url=https://cashmeremag.com/fisting-taboo-law-75692/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Cashmere Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and fisters can easily meet via [[Social media|social media platforms]], some of which are tailored for fisting (e.g. [[Recon (app)|Recon]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2016-05-10 |title=Another Day, Another Hack: Is Your Fisting Site Updating Its Forum Software? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkjj4p/rosebuttboard-ip-board |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-26 |title=Kinky Dating App {{!}} Recon Review |url=https://www.fetish.com/magazine/kinky-dating-site-reviews/recon-app-review/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Fetish.com |language=en}}</ref> Gay bathhouses have made a comeback, with some even advertising fisting parties and live demonstrations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-24 |title=IML 2017: International Mr. Leather in Chicago |url=https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/IML-2017-International-Mr-Leather-in-Chicago/59220.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Windy City Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":15" />[[File:Self Fisting.jpg|thumb|Anal self-fisting|180x180px|alt=Anal fisting performed by a man on himself]]
Fisting's visibility and popularity has grown in the twenty-first century,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Exploring The Pleasures Of Fisting: A Guide To Safe And Enjoyable Fisting Sexual Experiences |url=https://www.allohealth.care/healthfeed/sex-education/fisting-sexual |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Allo Health |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Kaitlyn Hayes and Meka |date=2016-06-23 |title=UK sex trends: "Fisting is the new black" |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/06/23/uk-sex-trends-fisting-is-the-new-black/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref> likely due in large part to the [[Internet pornography|internet]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheves |first=Alexander |date=2019-07-10 |title=4 Perspectives On How The Internet Has Changed Kink |url=https://www.them.us/story/how-the-internet-has-changed-kink-bdsm-leather |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Them (website)|Them]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and greater [[Prevention of HIV/AIDS|HIV prevention and treatment options]]. Fisting [[pornography]] is now widely available online<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=E. J. |date=2014-10-21 |title=Is fisting the Internet's last taboo sex act? |url=https://cashmeremag.com/fisting-taboo-law-75692/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Cashmere Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and fisters can easily meet via [[Social media|social media platforms]], some of which are tailored for fisting (e.g. [[Recon (app)|Recon]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2016-05-10 |title=Another Day, Another Hack: Is Your Fisting Site Updating Its Forum Software? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkjj4p/rosebuttboard-ip-board |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-26 |title=Kinky Dating App {{!}} Recon Review |url=https://www.fetish.com/magazine/kinky-dating-site-reviews/recon-app-review/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Fetish.com |language=en}}</ref> Gay bathhouses have made a comeback, with some even advertising fisting parties and live demonstrations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-24 |title=IML 2017: International Mr. Leather in Chicago |url=https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/IML-2017-International-Mr-Leather-in-Chicago/59220.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Windy City Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":15" />[[File:Self Fisting.jpg|thumb|Anal self-fisting|180x180px|alt=Anal fisting performed by a man on himself]]


==Techniques==
== Techniques ==
=== Hands ===
=== Hands ===
A common technique, particularly for beginners, is to extend four fingers straight with thumb tucked beneath. Some refer to this technique as the "silent duck" or "duck-billing", because the hand position resembles a [[duck]] [[beak]].<ref name="Herrman"/><ref name=":2" />
A common technique, particularly for beginners, is to extend four fingers straight with thumb tucked beneath. Some refer to this technique as the "silent duck" or "duck-billing", because the hand position resembles a [[duck]] [[beak]].<ref name="Herrman"/><ref name=":2" />
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=== Art ===
=== Art ===

* [[Erotic photography]] by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], including "Double Fist Fuck" (1977) and "Fist Fuck / Full Body" (1978)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Double Fist Fuck (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection) |url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109GDQ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[J. Paul Getty Museum|The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fist Fuck / Full Body |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/2233389 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art|LACMA Collections]]}}</ref>
* [[Erotic photography]] by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], including "Double Fist Fuck" (1977) and "Fist Fuck / Full Body" (1978)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Double Fist Fuck (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection) |url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109GDQ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[J. Paul Getty Museum|The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fist Fuck / Full Body |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/2233389 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art|LACMA Collections]]}}</ref>
* [[Erotica]] by [[Tom of Finland]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-03-21 |title=Tom of Finland - The Gay Icon Who Changed Pop Culture Forever |url=https://fistfy.com/tom-of-finland-the-gay-icon-who-changed-pop-culture-forever/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Fistfy |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Street |first=Mikelle |date=2021-01-04 |title=Your Favorite (Explicit) Tom of Finland Art Is Now a Set of Magnets |url=https://www.out.com/art/2021/1/04/your-favorite-explicit-tom-finland-art-now-set-magnets#toggle-gdpr |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Dom Orejudos]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom of Finland Foundation Galleries, Galleries of Artists: Etienne/Stephen |url=https://www.tomoffinland.org/toff-gallery/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Tom of Finland Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> [[The Hun (cartoonist)|Bill Schmeling]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poster of Leatherman/Biker in Chaps fisting a bound nude man with can of Crisco at feet #1/10 by The Hun [Bill Schmeling] - 1981 |url=https://biblio.com.au/book/poster-leatherman-biker-chaps-fisting-bound/d/1397088558 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Biblio.com|Biblio]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Chuck Arnett]],<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Red Star Saloon S.F. (UC1STO551521) |url=https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-46788 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=USC Libraries |date=2021 |doi=10.25549/one-c4-46788 |via=[[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chuck Arnett collection |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82z1cb6/entire_text/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Online Archive of California]] |series=Collection Number: 1997-42}}</ref> [[Gengoroh Tagame]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bayly |first=Zac |date=2024-08-22 |title=Gengoroh Tagame: Japanese Author of Brutal Sadomasochistic Comics Is Actually a Big Softy |url=https://buttmagazine.com/interviews/gengoroh-tagame/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Butt (magazine)|Butt Magazine]] |series=Issue 33 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Drubskin]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-17 |title=Artworks |url=https://www.drubskin.com/2023/,%20https://www.drubskin.com/2023/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Drubskin]] |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Erotica]] by [[Tom of Finland]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-03-21 |title=Tom of Finland - The Gay Icon Who Changed Pop Culture Forever |url=https://fistfy.com/tom-of-finland-the-gay-icon-who-changed-pop-culture-forever/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Fistfy |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Street |first=Mikelle |date=2021-01-04 |title=Your Favorite (Explicit) Tom of Finland Art Is Now a Set of Magnets |url=https://www.out.com/art/2021/1/04/your-favorite-explicit-tom-finland-art-now-set-magnets#toggle-gdpr |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Dom Orejudos]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom of Finland Foundation Galleries, Galleries of Artists: Etienne/Stephen |url=https://www.tomoffinland.org/toff-gallery/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Tom of Finland Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> [[The Hun (cartoonist)|Bill Schmeling]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poster of Leatherman/Biker in Chaps fisting a bound nude man with can of Crisco at feet #1/10 by The Hun [Bill Schmeling] - 1981 |url=https://biblio.com.au/book/poster-leatherman-biker-chaps-fisting-bound/d/1397088558 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Biblio.com|Biblio]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Chuck Arnett]],<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Red Star Saloon S.F. (UC1STO551521) |url=https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-46788 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=USC Libraries |date=2021 |doi=10.25549/one-c4-46788 |via=[[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chuck Arnett collection |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82z1cb6/entire_text/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Online Archive of California]] |series=Collection Number: 1997-42}}</ref> [[Gengoroh Tagame]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bayly |first=Zac |date=2024-08-22 |title=Gengoroh Tagame: Japanese Author of Brutal Sadomasochistic Comics Is Actually a Big Softy |url=https://buttmagazine.com/interviews/gengoroh-tagame/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Butt (magazine)|Butt Magazine]] |series=Issue 33 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Drubskin]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-17 |title=Artworks |url=https://www.drubskin.com/2023/,%20https://www.drubskin.com/2023/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Drubskin]] |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ''[[Hanky Panky (painting)|Hanky Panky]]'' (2020) by [[Kent Monkman]]
* ''[[Hanky Panky (painting)|Hanky Panky]]'' (2020) by [[Kent Monkman]]


==== Performance Art ====
==== Performance art ====

* In ''Solar Anus'' (1999), [[Ron Athey]] challenged the [[Feminization (activity)|feminization]] and [[Gay sex roles|sexual roles]] associated with male penetration by both giving and receiving penetration through self-fisting.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gallego |first1=Julia R. |date=2014 |title=The Dissector's Cut, the Wound and the Orifice: Seeing Ron Athey's performances through a cultural anatomy of the vagina |journal=Performance Research |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=74–84 |doi=10.1080/13528165.2014.947124 |s2cid=191537518}}</ref>
* In ''Solar Anus'' (1999), [[Ron Athey]] challenged the [[Feminization (activity)|feminization]] and [[Gay sex roles|sexual roles]] associated with male penetration by both giving and receiving penetration through self-fisting.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gallego |first1=Julia R. |date=2014 |title=The Dissector's Cut, the Wound and the Orifice: Seeing Ron Athey's performances through a cultural anatomy of the vagina |journal=Performance Research |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=74–84 |doi=10.1080/13528165.2014.947124 |s2cid=191537518}}</ref>
* In ''Being Green'' (2009), [[Jess Dobkin]] was fisted while dressed as the [[hand puppet]] [[Kermit the Frog]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Being Green |url=https://www.jessdobkin.com/jd_work/being-green/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Jess Dobkin]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dupuis |first=Chris |date=2021-09-16 |title=Jess Dobkin, a Performance Artist With a Unique Sense of Humor |url=http://hyperallergic.com/677439/jess-dobkin-a-performance-artist-with-a-unique-sense-of-humor/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Hyperallergic]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In ''Being Green'' (2009), [[Jess Dobkin]] was fisted while dressed as the [[hand puppet]] [[Kermit the Frog]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Being Green |url=https://www.jessdobkin.com/jd_work/being-green/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Jess Dobkin]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dupuis |first=Chris |date=2021-09-16 |title=Jess Dobkin, a Performance Artist With a Unique Sense of Humor |url=http://hyperallergic.com/677439/jess-dobkin-a-performance-artist-with-a-unique-sense-of-humor/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Hyperallergic]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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=== Music ===
=== Music ===
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* The [[album cover]] for ''[[Rod McKuen#LGBT activism|Slide... Easy In]]'' by [[Rod McKuen]] (1977) depicts gay porn star [[Bruno (adult performer)|Bruno]]'s fist clenching "Disco" [[shortening]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Gillian |date=2015-02-19 |title=Straight After Death: Misremembering the Queer Life and Times of Rod McKuen |url=https://notchesblog.com/2015/02/19/not-by-my-definition-remembering-rod-mckuens-queer-life-and-times/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=NOTCHES |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">1977 cover art for ''Slide Easy In'' by Rod McKuen, digitized and published on [http://glamjacknyc.blogspot.com/2015/01/ Blogspot.com] on January 29, 2015. Inscription on cover reads, in part: "If this album sounds different, it tried to be. The performers, producers, the players (whether part of the enormous rhythm section or the full symphony complement of strings) knew this was a project everyone had to get into; not just on the surface, but deeply—and together. If you don't feel "easy in" then perhaps your threshold of pain or pleasure needs looking into. [...] Photos of Bruno courtesy of Target Studios. Bruno Courtesy of The Bull Pen. Special thanks to Target."</ref> The inscription states "this was a project everyone had to get into; not just on the surface, but deeply—and together. If you don't feel "easy in" then perhaps your threshold of pain or pleasure needs looking into."<ref name=":13" /> (The European edition of the album featured a different cover because the original was considered "too outrageous.")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=JD |title=Rod McKuen "Slide...Easy In" LP |url=https://www.queermusicheritage.com/oct2012mckuen.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Queer Music Heritage}}</ref>

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* The [[album cover]] for "[[Rod McKuen#LGBT activism|Slide... Easy In]]" by [[Rod McKuen]] (1977) depicts gay porn star [[Bruno (adult performer)|Bruno]]'s fist clenching "Disco" [[shortening]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Gillian |date=2015-02-19 |title=Straight After Death: Misremembering the Queer Life and Times of Rod McKuen |url=https://notchesblog.com/2015/02/19/not-by-my-definition-remembering-rod-mckuens-queer-life-and-times/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=NOTCHES |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">1977 cover art for ''Slide Easy In'' by Rod McKuen, digitized and published on [http://glamjacknyc.blogspot.com/2015/01/ Blogspot.com] on January 29, 2015. Inscription on cover reads, in part: "If this album sounds different, it tried to be. The performers, producers, the players (whether part of the enormous rhythm section or the full symphony complement of strings) knew this was a project everyone had to get into; not just on the surface, but deeply—and together. If you don't feel "easy in" then perhaps your threshold of pain or pleasure needs looking into. [...] Photos of Bruno courtesy of Target Studios. Bruno Courtesy of The Bull Pen. Special thanks to Target."</ref> The inscription states "this was a project everyone had to get into; not just on the surface, but deeply—and together. If you don't feel "easy in" then perhaps your threshold of pain or pleasure needs looking into."<ref name=":13" /> (The European edition of the album featured a different cover because the original was considered "too outrageous.")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=JD |title=Rod McKuen "Slide...Easy In" LP |url=https://www.queermusicheritage.com/oct2012mckuen.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Queer Music Heritage}}</ref>
* "[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome|Krisco Kisses]]" (1984) by [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hilton |first=Danny |date=2014-03-28 |title=The 10 best songs about gay sex |url=https://www.queerty.com/the-10-best-songs-about-gay-sex-20140328 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Queerty]]}}</ref>
* "[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome|Krisco Kisses]]" (1984) by [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hilton |first=Danny |date=2014-03-28 |title=The 10 best songs about gay sex |url=https://www.queerty.com/the-10-best-songs-about-gay-sex-20140328 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Queerty]]}}</ref>
* "[[Stinkfist]]" (1996) by [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
* "[[Stinkfist]]" (1996) by [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
* Music video for "[[House of Air (song)|House of Air]]" (2017) by [[Brendan Maclean]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Michelson |first=Noah |date=2017-02-10 |title=This Singer's 'Shocking' XXX Music Video Is A 'Royal F**K You' To The Trump Era |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brendan-maclean-house-of-air_n_589dc5d9e4b03df370d5811c |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=[[Huffington Post]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Music video for "[[House of Air (song)|House of Air]]" (2017) by [[Brendan Maclean]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Michelson |first=Noah |date=2017-02-10 |title=This Singer's 'Shocking' XXX Music Video Is A 'Royal F**K You' To The Trump Era |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brendan-maclean-house-of-air_n_589dc5d9e4b03df370d5811c |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=[[Huffington Post]] |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Monument to Joe Louis--.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Monument to Joe Louis]]'', which made headlines in 2013 for a fisting joke.]]
[[File:Monument to Joe Louis--.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Monument to Joe Louis]]'', which made headlines in 2013 for a fisting joke]]


=== Film ===
=== Film ===

* ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'' (1979)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bray |first=Catherine |date=2023-05-19 |title='An irresistible mix of art and genitals': Caligula finally comes to Cannes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/19/an-irresistible-mix-of-art-and-genitals-caligula-finally-comes-to-cannes |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'' (1979)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bray |first=Catherine |date=2023-05-19 |title='An irresistible mix of art and genitals': Caligula finally comes to Cannes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/19/an-irresistible-mix-of-art-and-genitals-caligula-finally-comes-to-cannes |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]'' (1980)<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Rachel Rabbit |date=2019-04-18 |title=Sex Scenes: 'Cruising' Through 1970s Gay NYC |url=https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/gy4bd4/sex-scenes-cruising-through-1970s-gay-nyc |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Garage (magazine)|Garage]] |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]'' (1980)<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Rachel Rabbit |date=2019-04-18 |title=Sex Scenes: 'Cruising' Through 1970s Gay NYC |url=https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/gy4bd4/sex-scenes-cruising-through-1970s-gay-nyc |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Garage (magazine)|Garage]] |language=en}}</ref>
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* ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Joy Y. |date=2015-02-16 |title=Least sexy scene in 'Fifty Shades' is also the most progressive |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/least-sexy-scene-fifty-shades-also-the-most-progressive-msna530936 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[MSNBC]] |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Joy Y. |date=2015-02-16 |title=Least sexy scene in 'Fifty Shades' is also the most progressive |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/least-sexy-scene-fifty-shades-also-the-most-progressive-msna530936 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[MSNBC]] |language=en}}</ref>


==== Pornographic Films ====
==== Pornographic films ====

* ''[[Hand in Hand Films|Drive]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Hand in Hand Films|Drive]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Candy Stripers (film)|Candy Strippers]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Candy Stripers (film)|Candy Strippers]]'' (1978)
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=== Television ===
=== Television ===
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* In 1993, [[Julian Clary]] joked "I've just been fisting [[Norman Lamont]] 'round the corner" during a live broadcast of the [[National Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]] viewed by 13 million people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Emma |date=2019-09-23 |title=Julian Clary doesn't regret that infamous Norman Lamont joke |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/23/julian-clary-doesnt-regret-infamous-norman-lamont-gag-good-joke-10793365/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |language=en}}</ref>

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* In 1993, [[Julian Clary]] joked "I’ve just been fisting [[Norman Lamont]] 'round the corner" during a live broadcast of the [[National Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]] viewed by 13 million people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Emma |date=2019-09-23 |title=Julian Clary doesn't regret that infamous Norman Lamont joke |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/23/julian-clary-doesnt-regret-infamous-norman-lamont-gag-good-joke-10793365/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |language=en}}</ref>
* In ''[[South Park]]'' season 5 episode 14 ("[[Butters' Very Own Episode]]," December 2001), [[Butters Stotch|Butters]]' father watches the film "Fisting Firemen 9" at a gay [[Adult movie theater|adult theater]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vivona |first=Veronica |date=2017-06-24 |title=South Park: 15 Times Butters Didn't Know What Was Going On |url=https://screenrant.com/south-park-times-butters-had-no-idea-oblivious/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref>
* In ''[[South Park]]'' season 5 episode 14 ("[[Butters' Very Own Episode]]," December 2001), [[Butters Stotch|Butters]]' father watches the film "Fisting Firemen 9" at a gay [[Adult movie theater|adult theater]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vivona |first=Veronica |date=2017-06-24 |title=South Park: 15 Times Butters Didn't Know What Was Going On |url=https://screenrant.com/south-park-times-butters-had-no-idea-oblivious/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref>
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'' season 7 episode 8 ("[[Family Gay]]," March 2009),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Gay |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329675/?ref_=ttqu_ov |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> a character exclaims to a group of gay men [[Offscreen|off-screen]]: "use your fists... No, no, no, not like that!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Gay/Quotes |url=https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Gay/Quotes |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Fandom (website)|Family Guy Wiki - Fandom]] |language=en}}</ref>
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'' season 7 episode 8 ("[[Family Gay]]," March 2009),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Gay |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329675/?ref_=ttqu_ov |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> a character exclaims to a group of gay men [[Offscreen|off-screen]]: "use your fists... No, no, no, not like that!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Gay/Quotes |url=https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Gay/Quotes |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Fandom (website)|Family Guy Wiki - Fandom]] |language=en}}</ref>
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=== Literature ===
=== Literature ===

* ''All'' trilogy (1969–1971) by [[Dirk Vanden]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gunn |first=Drewey Wayne |date=2014-11-06 |title=Remembering Dirk Vanden |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2014/11/remembering-dirk-vanden/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=[[Lambda Literary]] |language=en}}</ref>
* ''All'' trilogy (1969–1971) by [[Dirk Vanden]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gunn |first=Drewey Wayne |date=2014-11-06 |title=Remembering Dirk Vanden |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2014/11/remembering-dirk-vanden/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=[[Lambda Literary]] |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Maitreya'' (1978) by [[Severo Sarduy]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Riobó |first=Carlos |date=2013 |title=Raiding the "Anales" of the Empire: Sarduy's Subversions of the Latin American Boom |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43279288 |journal=Hispanic Review |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=331–352 |doi=10.1353/hir.2013.0029 |jstor=43279288 |s2cid=162388356 |issn=0018-2176}}</ref>
* ''Maitreya'' (1978) by [[Severo Sarduy]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Riobó |first=Carlos |date=2013 |title=Raiding the "Anales" of the Empire: Sarduy's Subversions of the Latin American Boom |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43279288 |journal=Hispanic Review |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=331–352 |doi=10.1353/hir.2013.0029 |jstor=43279288 |s2cid=162388356 |issn=0018-2176}}</ref>
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=== Clubs ===
=== Clubs ===

* [[Crisco Disco]], discotheque in New York City (1970s-1980s)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawyer |first=Drew |editor-last=Fowles |editor-first=Sev |title=Crisco Or How To Do Queer Theory With Things |url=https://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Columbia University]] |series=Thing Theory (2007)}}</ref>
* [[Crisco Disco]], discotheque in New York City (1970s-1980s)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawyer |first=Drew |editor-last=Fowles |editor-first=Sev |title=Crisco Or How To Do Queer Theory With Things |url=https://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Columbia University]] |series=Thing Theory (2007)}}</ref>
* [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], sex club in San Francisco (1975–1984)<ref name=":15" />
* [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], sex club in San Francisco (1975–1984)<ref name=":15" />
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=== Other ===
=== Other ===

* In the [[handkerchief code]], the color [[red]] signifies interest in fisting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cornier |first=J. Raúl |date=2019-04-23 |title=Hanky Panky: An Abridged History of the Hanky Code |url=https://historyproject.org/news/2019-04/hanky-panky-abridged-history-hanky-code-0 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=The History Project}}</ref>
* In the [[handkerchief code]], the color [[red]] signifies interest in fisting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cornier |first=J. Raúl |date=2019-04-23 |title=Hanky Panky: An Abridged History of the Hanky Code |url=https://historyproject.org/news/2019-04/hanky-panky-abridged-history-hanky-code-0 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=The History Project}}</ref>
* In 2011, adult performers [[Jiz Lee]] and Courtney Trouble proclaimed [[October 21]] as "International Fisting Day," which Lee described as "a day of international celebration and education" intended in part to combat [[censorship]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":15" />
* In 2011, adult performers [[Jiz Lee]] and Courtney Trouble proclaimed [[October 21]] as "International Fisting Day," which Lee described as "a day of international celebration and education" intended in part to combat [[censorship]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":15" />
*The [[San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley]], opened in 2017, honors [[leather subculture|leather culture]] and community members including Steve McEachern (owner of the [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]]) and Bert Herrman (a fisting community leader, author, and publisher).<ref name="A&A">{{cite web |author=Cindy |date=July 17, 2017 |title=Reginold Alley's Leather Memoir |url=http://www.artandarchitecture-sf.com/ringold-alleys-leather-memoir.html |access-date=July 7, 2018 |website=Public Art and Architecture from Around the World |publisher=Art and Architecture}}</ref><ref name="Jewish">{{cite news |last=Paull |first=Laura |date=June 21, 2018 |title=Honoring gay leather culture with art installation in SoMa alleyway |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2018/06/21/honoring-gay-leather-culture-with-art-installation-in-soma-alleyway/ |access-date=June 23, 2018 |newspaper=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] |publisher=}}</ref>[[File:Red-Hanky-Handkerchief-Code.jpg|thumb|In the [[handkerchief code]], the color red signifies interest in fisting.]]
*The [[San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley]], opened in 2017, honors [[leather subculture|leather culture]] and community members including Steve McEachern (owner of the [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]]) and Bert Herrman (a fisting community leader, author, and publisher).<ref name="A&A">{{cite web |author=Cindy |date=July 17, 2017 |title=Reginold Alley's Leather Memoir |url=http://www.artandarchitecture-sf.com/ringold-alleys-leather-memoir.html |access-date=July 7, 2018 |website=Public Art and Architecture from Around the World |publisher=Art and Architecture}}</ref><ref name="Jewish">{{cite news |last=Paull |first=Laura |date=June 21, 2018 |title=Honoring gay leather culture with art installation in SoMa alleyway |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2018/06/21/honoring-gay-leather-culture-with-art-installation-in-soma-alleyway/ |access-date=June 23, 2018 |newspaper=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] |publisher=}}</ref>[[File:Red-Hanky-Handkerchief-Code.jpg|thumb|In the [[handkerchief code]], the color red signifies interest in fisting.]]


==Legal status==
== Legal status ==


=== United Kingdom ===
=== United Kingdom ===
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Fisting is on the Cambria List, a list of sex acts that carry risk of prosecution under [[United States obscenity law|U.S. obscenity law]], created by [[Paul Cambria]] in 2001 to help producers avoid obscenity lawsuits.<ref name=":6" /> However, as of 2019, the Cambria List is generally regarded as obsolete within the American [[pornography industry]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zorkin |first=Gene |date=2019-06-12 |title=Are Obscenity Prosecution Concerns Obsolete? |url=https://www.ynot.com/obscenity-prosecution-obsolete/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=YNOT |language=en-US}}</ref>
Fisting is on the Cambria List, a list of sex acts that carry risk of prosecution under [[United States obscenity law|U.S. obscenity law]], created by [[Paul Cambria]] in 2001 to help producers avoid obscenity lawsuits.<ref name=":6" /> However, as of 2019, the Cambria List is generally regarded as obsolete within the American [[pornography industry]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zorkin |first=Gene |date=2019-06-12 |title=Are Obscenity Prosecution Concerns Obsolete? |url=https://www.ynot.com/obscenity-prosecution-obsolete/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=YNOT |language=en-US}}</ref>


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== See also ==
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* [[Anal sex]]
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* [[Sexual penetration]]


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An illustration of a woman fisting her own vagina
Vaginal self-fisting

Fisting—also known as fist fucking (FF),[1] handballing, and brachioproctic or brachiovaginal insertion[2]—is a sexual activity that involves inserting one or more hands into the rectum (anal fisting) or the vagina (vaginal fisting).[1] Fisting may be performed on oneself (self-fisting)[3] or performed on one person by another. People who engage in fisting are often called "fisters".[1][4]

History

Fisting's emergence as a sexual practice is commonly attributed to gay male culture.[5][6] However, its precise origin is disputed. Some claim fisting began in the twentieth century,[7][8][9] whereas others assert the practice dates back to the eighteenth century or earlier.[5][10] Sex educator Robert Morgan Lawrence, for example, claimed the practice dates back thousands of years.[11]

Fisting became more visible and popular around the time of the gay liberation movement, during which sex clubs partly or entirely dedicated to the practice emerged. By 1973, gay bars, bathhouses and clubs such as the Red Star Saloon in South of Market, San Francisco were openly advertising fisting.[12] Arguably the most famous fisting club was the Catacombs, which operated during the 1970s and 1980s.[13] The Handball Express was another such club.[14] Crisco was commonly used as a lubricant—prominently featured in pornographic films like Erotic Hands (1980)[15]—before specialized products became available.[16][6]

Catacombs, an early fisting club

During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, cities such as San Francisco[17] and New York[18] forcibly closed gay establishments that, accurately or not, were believed to permit unsafe sex,[19] including fisting.[16] Consequently, most venues that permitted fisting, namely gay bathhouses and sex clubs, permanently closed.[20][6] While the closures were supported by some in the gay community (such as Randy Shilts), others—including the gay press, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and San Francisco Human Rights Commission—criticized the decision as counterproductive and a violation of civil liberties.[19] Many regarded the closures as a product of anti-gay hysteria as well as anti-sex attitudes and disapproval of gay sexual activity in particular.[19] Meanwhile, safe sex advocates launched a public health campaign to promote the use of gloves.[21]

Fisting's visibility and popularity has grown in the twenty-first century,[22][23] likely due in large part to the internet[24] and greater HIV prevention and treatment options. Fisting pornography is now widely available online[25] and fisters can easily meet via social media platforms, some of which are tailored for fisting (e.g. Recon).[26][27] Gay bathhouses have made a comeback, with some even advertising fisting parties and live demonstrations.[28][16]

Anal fisting performed by a man on himself
Anal self-fisting

Techniques

Hands

A common technique, particularly for beginners, is to extend four fingers straight with thumb tucked beneath. Some refer to this technique as the "silent duck" or "duck-billing", because the hand position resembles a duck beak.[2][3]

"Silent duck" hand position

In more vigorous forms of fisting, often referred to as "punching" or "punchfisting", the hand is partly or fully clenched into a fist before, during, and/or after insertion.[29]

Taking two hands at once is referred to as "double fisting".[4][6] In the case of double fisting, pleasure may be derived more from the stretching of the anus or vagina than from the in-and-out movement of hands.[2]

Oftentimes, hands are inserted up to the wrist.[5] Some experienced fisters enjoy deeper penetration, sometimes referred to as "depth play",[30] in which hands may be inserted as far as the elbow.[5][4]

Sometimes a penetrative partner may insert their penis or a sex toy at the same time as their hand(s), to masturbate inside the receptive partner's rectum or vagina.

While rare, some experienced fisters are capable of taking three hands.[31]

A man inserts his hand into a vagina
A man fisting a woman with the duck-beak method

Lubricants

Lubricants designed specifically for fisting or with fisting as an intended use are widely available in some countries.[32]

Sex toys

Fisters commonly use dildos to loosen the vagina or anus before or during a fisting session.[4][33]

Terminology

Common fisting-related terms include:

  • Fist; fist fuck: "the practice of inserting the hand (and part of the arm) into a partner's anus (or vagina) for the sexual pleasure of all involved."[1]
  • Fister; fist-fucker: a practitioner of fisting; or, depending on context, a penetrative partner in a fisting session involving two or more people.[1][4]
  • Fistee: a receptive partner in a session involving two or more people.[4]
    Picture of a red rose
    A blooming rose is a common symbol and metaphor for fisting
  • Punch fisting: fisting in which the hand is partly or fully clenched into a fist before, during, and/or after insertion.[29]
  • Double fisting: fisting in which two hands are inserted into the anus or vagina.[4][6]
  • Rosebud or rectal prolapse: when walls of the rectum have prolapsed to such a degree that they protrude out of the anus. Can be induced by fisting or other ass play (named due to the prolapse's resemblance to a rose flower).[34][35][36]
  • Bloom: "bloom" is used as a verb (e.g. "blooming") to describe the act of inducing a rosebud or prolapse, or the moment when a rosebud or prolapse becomes visible.[34]

According to The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, "fisting" and "fist fuck" entered the American slang lexicon no later than 1969.[1]

Risks

Fisting can cause laceration or perforation of the vagina, perineum, rectum, or colon, resulting in serious injury[37] and even death.[38][39][40][41][6] As anal fisting may cause damage to the rectal mucosa, it may increase the likelihood of transmission of sexually transmitted infections.[42] In addition, sexual activities that force air into the vagina can lead to a fatal air embolism, predominantly during pregnancy.[43][6]

A 2021 study found that men who practiced anal fisting were more likely to experience fecal incontinence than men who engaged in other forms of anal sex. 18.1% of men who engaged in fisting experienced some form of fecal incontinence in the last month, compared to 7.2% of men who did not engage in fisting.[44][45][46] However, more research is required to establish a causal link, and whether or not this is temporary or has a long-term impact.[46][45]

A 2022 report published in the journal Sex Education found that "clinical and forensic research has over-inflated the ‘dangers’ of fisting without an understanding of contexts in which fisting takes place."[16] It also found that anal and vaginal fisting present "low to no risk" of sexually transmitted infections.[16]

Gloves, lubricant, and fingernail trimming can help reduce risk.[47][32][33]

Fisting has been depicted or referenced in art, music, cinema and other forms of popular culture. Examples include:

Art

Performance art

Music

The Monument to Joe Louis, which made headlines in 2013 for a fisting joke

Film

Pornographic films

Television

Literature

La Fistinière, a fisting club in France

Clubs

Other

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, performing fisting[92] and fisting pornography are both legal.[93] However, until 2019, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) considered publication of fisting material to be grounds for prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act 1959[94] and Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, the latter of which prohibits so-called "extreme pornography."[95] Such prosecutions were not always successful. For instance, in R v Peacock (2012), the jury found Michael Peacock not guilty of breaching the Obscene Publications Act for selling DVDs containing anal fisting.[96] That same year, a jury took less than 90 minutes[97] to acquit Simon Walsh for possession of images of anal fisting that CPS alleged constituted illegal, extreme pornography.[92] In 2019, CPS declared it would no longer prosecute pornography produced by consenting adults engaging in legal acts,[98] including fisting.[93]

United States

Fisting is on the Cambria List, a list of sex acts that carry risk of prosecution under U.S. obscenity law, created by Paul Cambria in 2001 to help producers avoid obscenity lawsuits.[25] However, as of 2019, the Cambria List is generally regarded as obsolete within the American pornography industry.[99]

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