# Rimming (sex) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 22, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245 "2000-08-22T01:02:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/1 "2000-08-22T01:02:39Z")
How safe of a sex act is this. I know the HIV risk is low but what about for other things? I know Hep 1 & 2 come to mind. Any risk for the receiver? Also is this more a gay thing than straight? Do women get into it? Given or receiving? ---
**Author:** ![Meephead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Meephead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meephead)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/2 "2000-08-22T01:14:00Z")
I dated a woman for a while thawt was into rimming…giving and receiving. At least from my experience, it can be a heterosexual thing too. Just like with any oral sex act, there are risks, but (pardon the pun :D) those can be minimized by making sure that you are both **very** clean. I would think that the risk for the receiver would be lower than the risk for the giver, but (pardon the pun–again :D) I haven’t read any studies either way. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/3 "2000-08-22T01:18:06Z")
look: > **[Why are men supposed to wash their hands after urination? Plus: urine therapy!](https://www.straightdope.com/21342195/why-are-men-supposed-to-wash-their-hands-after-urination-plus-urine-therapy)** > > Dear Cecil: > First, an (elderly) joke. > A Harvard man and a Yale man are at the urinal. They finish and zip up. The Harvard man proceeds to the sink to wash his hands, while the Yale man immediately... [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/960202.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/960202.html) ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/4 "2000-08-22T01:25:00Z")
I have dated a couple of women who were into giving and receiving. No I don’t think it’s a gay thing. Yes, there are risks but I personally havent had any bad experiences. Just be smart, clean and healthy. Probably no more dangerous than driving, and a hell of a lot more fun! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/5 "2000-08-22T01:31:36Z")
The official word from the various gay groups and AIDS support services I’ve volunteered for/frequented/dealt with suggests that rimming is low-risk for HIV, but poses a risk for hep A and B. Fortunately, it is easy to be vaccinated for those diseases. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/6 "2000-08-22T04:10:28Z")
-Beats me. -Probably. -Dunno. I’m not gay. -Yes, thank god. -Both, praise jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/7 "2000-08-22T04:52:10Z")
Umm, sorry to be uninformed (that’s a good thing, for a 13 year old), but what’s rimming? ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/8 "2000-08-22T05:02:33Z")
If you combine rimming with cunnilingus, you run the chance of a yeast infection… ---
**Author:** ![Adolph\_Peewee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Adolph\_Peewee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adolph_Peewee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/9 "2000-08-22T05:34:12Z")
As a Med student…I can tell you one thing about “rimming” that isn’t generally known. Because this particular area of the body is not designed for penetration by sexual organs, people who have anal sex are more prone to catching an STD. - This is because the tissue lining the anal canal is not as thick as that in the vaginal canal, hence if a virus (ie: HIV) enters the anal canal, it is very likely that you WILL catch an STD, but if the virus enters VAGINALLY, there is some mechanisms in the vagina (ie: acids; phagocytes etc) which can destroy the virus prior to it becoming rampant in the body. On top of that, how can it actually be enjoyable?? BLURKKK ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/10 "2000-08-22T06:13:52Z")
**Speaker** , rimming refers to the peculiar practice of applying ones mouth to the anus of another person. I think you could of figured this out by reading between the lines of **Meephead’s** post, but you are young so I’ll forgive ya ;). ---
**Author:** ![darkcool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@darkcool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darkcool)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/11 "2000-08-22T06:25:30Z")
In fairness, Dr, I think we should point out that this is an advanced move in sex. If Speaker should try this on his young girlfriends, well let’s just say they might be less than impressed. In other words, SftD, don’t try this at home. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/12 "2000-08-22T06:55:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Adolph Peewee \* > \*\*On top of that, how can it actually be enjoyable?? BLURKKK \*\* You’ll have to take my word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/13 "2000-08-22T07:08:10Z")
I had kinda guessed that, but it seemed to have no enjoyment for either person, hence my question to confirm. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/14 "2000-08-22T07:08:20Z")
**Darkcool** : I didn’t mean to imply that **Speaker for the Dead** should have known what rimming was. I certainly had no idea what it was at 13. I just meant from all the _double entendres_ **Meephead** was dropping, I figured someone, formally ignorant of rimming, could have deduced it. Rimming definitely falls under the advanced section in the sexual manual. It is not wise to try this out in any relationship without discussing it first. Even after discussing it I wouldn’t recommend it. Hep A and B seem like a good reason the avoid it and so do the coliform bateria described in Cecil’s column. But hey, what ever floats your boat, I’m just saying I wouldn’t try it. ---
**Author:** ![darkcool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@darkcool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darkcool)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/15 "2000-08-22T07:27:31Z")
Ah…but would you rim a marmot? Sorry, that was out of line. It’s just all the hits this post is getting it will soon be up there with the nazi marmot thread. It’s late, I’m punchy and the juxtapoze struck me as funny. Still does. And the marmots might be so repulsed they might leave on thier own! or die of hep. Still friends? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/16 "2000-08-22T07:51:52Z")
Your anus has the same kinds of nerves as your penis or clitoris. It is an erogenous zone. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/17 "2000-08-22T14:44:25Z")
“Your anus has the same kinds of nerves as your penis or clitoris. It is an erogenous zone.” Yeah, right, so we all should be having orgasms when we take a dump? ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/18 "2000-08-22T16:09:19Z")
Handy, you mean you don’t feel good after taking a dump? It is even portrayed in TV that taking a dump feels good. Remember Archie Bunker and Al Bundy? I do have to say that it feels better if you hit the prostate but that is not the question. FTR, rimming does feel good. Some men are just too uptight to admit to enjoying it. HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/19 "2000-08-22T16:12:57Z")
Hey Speaker, do you post at Mr. Cranky’s? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/20 "2000-08-22T16:23:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\* > Yeah, right, so we all should be having orgasms when we take a dump? \*\* Ya gotta admit, there is a certain relaxing pleasure when you’re done taking a good crap. “Why do they call it taking a crap? Isn’t it more like leaving a crap?” – Beavis [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245.md?page=2)