Autocunnilingus the act of

oral stimulation Oral sex, sometimes referred to as oral intercourse, is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a person by another person using the mouth (including the lips, tongue, or teeth) and the throat. Cunnilingus is oral sex pe ...

of one's own

vulva The vulva (plural: vulvas or vulvae; derived from Latin for wrapper or covering) consists of the external female sex organs. The vulva includes the mons pubis (or mons veneris), labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vestibular bulbs, vulv ...

as a form of masturbation.

Documentation

An unusually high degree of

flexibility Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force. The complementary concept is flexibility or pliability: the more flexible an object is, the less stiff it is. Calculations The stiffness, k, of a bo ...

such as that of a

contortionist Contortion (sometimes contortionism) is a performance art in which performers called contortionists showcase their skills of extreme physical flexibility. Contortion acts often accompany acrobatics, circus acts, street performers and other li ...

would be required to perform the act. Unlike the male equivalent,

autofellatio Autofellatio is the act of oral stimulation of one's own penis as a form of masturbation. Only a limited number of males are physically capable of performing autofellatio.Savage, Dan. Savage Love', page 242 (Plume 1998). History Egyptologist ...

, which requires a less extreme

frontbend A frontbend is a contortion position where the body is curved forward at the hips and spine. In an extreme frontbend, some contortionists can place the backs of their knees behind their shoulders. See also *Paschimottanasana (seated forward bend ...

and is known to be achievable by a small fraction of the male population, autocunnilingus has not been reliably documented. It has, however, been reported as a self-destructive fantasy, and occurrences have been reported in non-human primates.

Fiction

In "Besorgung", one of his ''Venetian Epigrams'',

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as tr ...

imagined Bettina becoming sufficiently limber to perform autocunnilingus and do without men.

Camille Paglia Camille Anna Paglia (; born April 2, 1947) is an American feminist academic and social critic. Paglia has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1984. She is critical of many aspects of modern cultu ...

compares the resulting image to

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

's "engravings of solipsistically contorted figures".

, '' Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson'', 1990, repr. New York: Vintage, 1991,
p. 253

References

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