Autocunnilingus Explained

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,^{[7] [8]} autocunnilingus has not been thoroughly studied or well-documented.^[9] It has, however, been reported as a self-destructive fantasy,^[10] and other occurrences of the act have been reported in macaques and chimpanzees.^{[11] [12]}

Fiction

In "Besorgung", one of his Venetian Epigrams, Goethe imagined Bettina becoming sufficiently limber to perform autocunnilingus and do without men.^{[13] [14]} Camille Paglia compares the resulting image to William Blake's "engravings of solipsistically contorted figures".^[15]

See also

• Autofellatio
• Sexercise

Notes and References

1. "autocunnilingus", The Complete Dictionary of Sexology, expanded ed., ed. Robert T. Francoeur et al., New York: Continuum, 1995,, p. 49.
2. Book: Liggio, Fernando. "Trattato moderno di psicopatologia della sessualità" - "Modern treatise on the psychopathology of sexuality". Biblioteca Universitaria. 65. 2010. October 19, 2023. 978-8-86292-023-0.
3. "Schlangenfrau gesucht" - "Sought: snake-woman", Mario Günther-Bruns, Sexgott: 1.000 Tabubrüche, Diana 60223, Munich: Heyne, 2013,, n. p.
4. Eva Christina, The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary, New York: Perigee, 2011,,, 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,, 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,, n.p.
7. Book: Liggio, Fernando. "Trattato moderno di psicopatologia della sessualità" - "Modern treatise on the psychopathology of sexuality". Biblioteca Universitaria. 65. 2010. October 19, 2023. 978-8-86292-023-0.
8. Book: Psychiatric Research Report: 6-9. American Psychiatric Association. 1957. 34. October 19, 2023.
9. William Guy and Michael H. P. Finn, "A Review of Autofellatio: A Psychological Study of Two New Cases", Psychoanalytic Review 41 (1954) 354 - 58.
10. 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,, p. 145.
11. [David J. Linden]
12. Book: Shackelford, Todd K. . The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology: Volume 4, Controversies, Applications, and Nonhuman Primate Extensions. Cambridge University Press. 2022. October 3, 2023. 978-1-10895-243-9.
13. Ludger Lütkehaus, "'O Wollust, o Hölle': Onanie, Phantasie und Literatur", Die Zeit, 15 November 1991, p. 10
14. W. Daniel Wilson, Goethe Männer Knaben: Ansichten zur "Homosexualität", Berlin: Insel, 2012,, p. 500 (pdf p. 8)
15. [Camille Paglia]