# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/21 "2000-08-22T16:32:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*“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? \*\* No more often than you have orgasms while taking a piss. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/22 "2000-08-22T16:35:24Z")
friedo wrote: > [@](#): > > “Why do they call it taking a crap? Isn’t it more like leaving a crap?” – Beavis Maybe I’m too old for Beavis, but I’m old enough to attribute this to George Carlin. He finished with a mock conversation: Person A: “I’m going to take a dump.” Person B: “Don’t take the one I just left!” ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/23 "2000-08-22T22:59:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > > \*\*“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? \*\* > > No more often than you have orgasms while taking a piss. \*\* there are reasons i keep a mop handy at all times… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/24 "2000-08-23T01:26:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*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 > > \*\* Actually, the correct quote was, (said in Andy Rooney voice) “How come they call it TAKING a dump and not LEAVING a dump? I mean, after all, you’re not really TAKING it anywhere. Funk dat!” Teehee! Don’t feel bad, Speaker. I’m 22-and I only learned what rimming was back in March. And I think I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/25 "2000-08-24T03:41:55Z")
Hubby sometimes surprizes me with this while drying me off after a shower. It is always a thrilling surprised and gets me surprisingly close to orgasm rather quickly. He follows it up with rear entry sex (NOT anal sex, just sex from behind) and I always come with him with that combo. Don’t knock it until you try it! ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/26 "2000-08-24T06:36:07Z")
Personally, I love rimming … (mostly receiving as the missus is not so much into getting them herself). As for the gay thing, I don’t buy that … not very gay myself … oooh … let me know … oh! … turns out still not gay. Thanks for playing. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/27 "2000-08-25T16:15:40Z")
Booty resuscitating? What happens if they pass gas or poopy? ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/28 "2000-08-25T19:01:18Z")
I think everyone will agree that there are things that you will do when face to cheek that you would ordinarily consider a little wierd. (I’m not saying it’s wierd or judging, just that your inhibitions when in the act are less than when not) ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/29 "2000-08-25T19:09:10Z")
Handy, you spit it out and go again. Fool! What do you think you would really do? You would stop. Duh! Unless of course you like the farty smells and nugget chews. Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/30 "2000-08-25T19:16:29Z")
if your rimming makes them go poopy, you should look into a different technique. ---
**Author:** ![wavedancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f07891/32.png) [@wavedancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wavedancer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/31 "2000-08-25T20:47:17Z")
As I woman, I very much enjoy receiving and don’t mind giving…usually a very nice surprise and it is a great foreplay! But I have found most guys are too uptight to consider receiving…I think most me relate anal pleasures to being gay…loosen up guys! ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/32 "2000-08-26T15:11:07Z")
Well, back to that OP. Yeah, mark, there are some risks. Plus, far as I know they don’t make a butthole condom yet. Maybe some saran wrap? Anyway, shit is brown because its the final stage of blood, so it’s blood see, & being blood, it has whatever blood has in it. HIV, Hep C, e.coli, etc. You get the point. The anal area is close to the genital area, thus, there is a real risk of getting herphes or HPV 9, 12 [genital warts] & aggressive HPV versions #16 & #18 [non wart varieties but extremely contagious & eventually dangerous]. HPV lives in the rectum, & a few other places. But the main thing is a person is getting a mouthful of e.coli, a lot more than they usually would get & the body can only take so much at a time. After each partner rims the other & they start kissing with a big mouthful of e.coli, the oral taking of the e.coli can be quite risky. ---
**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/33 "2000-08-26T15:24:38Z")
What do you do about the dingleberries? ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/34 "2000-08-26T20:04:27Z")
I don’t think there’s a sex act on Earth that is “exclusively” gay, but as far as I can tell nobody does rimming as much as gay men do. I don’t think that’s very significant…word is they do fellatio more than the average population too. But, as many others have pointed out, the anus _is_ a colony of possibly infectious diseases. No matter how well someone washes beforehand, there is still a greater risk of passing/contracting a disease. I have never rimmed anyone or had anyone offer to rim me. I think I would do it for a girl I _really_ liked if she asked for it, as long as she was clean. Maybe I could be persuaded to let her do it to me, but it would take a _lot_ of persuasion. Just the thought of it makes me a little queasy. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/35 "2000-08-26T22:46:37Z")
Well, no one should ever have to perform any sexual act that they don’t feel comfortable doing. It’s all up to the individuals. ---
**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 27, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/36 "2000-08-27T00:23:59Z")
Lizard: Funny you should mention it… although not an exclusively gay act, gay men DID invent the first new sex act in a thousand years - fisting. (Ow.) ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/37 "2000-08-27T01:25:19Z")
really? I always thought it was Caligula 😉 But seriously, was that a gay invention? I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![OESGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecae2f/32.png) [@OESGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OESGal)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/38 "2000-08-27T02:58:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\* > But the main thing is a person is getting a mouthful of e.coli, a lot more than they usually would get & the body can only take so much at a time. After each partner rims the other & they start kissing with a big mouthful of e.coli, the oral taking of the e.coli can be quite risky. \*\* It also depends on what type of E.Coli you’re talking about. There is a kind of E.Coli that actually lives in your stomach at all times to aid in digestion. This comes from a college Microbiology class, I am pretty sure I am remembering this correctly, it has been a year since I took it though. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/39 "2000-08-27T03:15:19Z")
_E. coli_ is _E. coli_. You’re talking about the same organism. The _E. coli_ found in your intestines is the same that is passed along in fecal matter. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/40 "2000-08-27T15:03:13Z")
Sure divemaster, even Cecil wrote about e.coli [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245.md?page=3)