Autofellatio is the act of oral stimulation of one's own penis as a form of masturbation.

It is
physically possible for men who have sufficient flexibility, penis size or a combination of the two
to perform autofellatio.
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Autofellatio is a niche in pornography.
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It has also been observed,
simultaneously with manual masturbation, among Cape ground squirrels.
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Contents
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1 History
2 Physical aspects
3 References in culture
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History
Egyptologist 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.
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According to Lorton, in the Papyrus Bremner-Rhind 28, 2024, in a document called
"Book of Overthrowing Apophis", there is a poem narrating how the sun god Ra had created the
god Shu and goddess Tefnut by fellating himself and spitting out his own semen onto the
ground.
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In ancient Egyptian texts this act is usually performed by the godAtum, and most texts
depict only the spitting of the semen or only the masturbation, but not both.
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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.
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Physical aspects
Few men possess sufficient flexibility and penis length to safely perform the
necessary frontbend.
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However, increased flexibility achieved via gravity-assisted positions, and
physical training such as gymnastics, contortion, or yoga may make it possible for some.
American biologists 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.
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Previously, autofellatio was considered bybehavioristic science a
problem rather than as a variety in sexual practice.
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References in culture

A gargoyle on Church of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira, located inGuimaraes, Portugal.
While relatively few pornographic films involve autofellatio, some pornographic actors are noted
for this skill including Ron J eremy for his 1970s examples on film.
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Other actors
including Scott O'Hara, Cole Youngblood, Steve Holmes, and Ricky Martinez have also been
featured performing autofellatio and the practice has become a pornographic masturbation sub
genre. In Brian W. Aldiss' 1970 semi-autobiographical novel The Hand-Reared Boy, he 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.
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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.'"
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Kevin Smith later
developed a similar theme ("He broke his neck trying to suck his own dick") in his 1994 debut
film Clerks.
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Writer/director Larry David, in his 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 the 26th season (20002001) of the
popular Saturday Night Live comedy show Will Ferrell plays a character who joins a yoga class
with the sole purpose to be able to fellate himself as a part of reaching Samadhi.
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In the skit the
character is shown to have been successful after three years of efforts.
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The opening sequence
of the 2006 film Shortbus shows J ames (Paul Dawson) fellating himself on videotape; like all
of Shortbus's sexual content, the scene was unsimulated.
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In 1993, American feminist artist Kiki Smith created a beeswax life-size sculpture titled
"Mother/Child" which included a depiction of man performing autofellatio.
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