# TMI: What is the appeal of ass-to-mouth sex? TMI
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 2, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917 "2004-04-02T16:55:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Saracen\_Pig\_Spartan\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saracen_Pig_Spartan_Dog)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/1 "2004-04-02T16:55:25Z")
I have to say right out that I’m a straight male and that anal sex has absolutely zero appeal for me.
Being a semi-regular viewer of porn, I have noticed that the latest “_hot act_” is the one in the thread title.
It seems utterly vile, not to mention totally degrading to me, and I would have no respect for any guy who tried it on a woman, or even on another guy.
What is the possible appeal? Is it some sort of really sick power trip, ie; “Look at what I’m making you do.”
Is it S&M becoming more mainstream?
Penthouse doing pictorials that consisted of nothing but girls pissing was bad enough.
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### Author:  [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/2 "2004-04-02T17:08:01Z")
Anilingus. I think Albert Fish - murderer, cannibal, pervert and generally depraved old man - was among the first to engage in this perplexing pastime.
Penthouse did an all-girl golden shower pictorial? That’s just …gross!
…not that it would have been any better with guys around…
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/3 "2004-04-02T17:13:03Z")
First response: well, actually, my first response is not appropriate outside the Pit.
Second response: Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.
Third response: It’s a little arrogant of you, on the basis of an act having no personal appeal _to you_, to decide that those who participate in the act as being “utterly vile,” “totally degrading,” and the result of “a sick power trip.”
Eating pussy holds no appeal for me, but I would not characterize those who perform it or those who receive it as vile, degraded or sick, nor would I tar them by associating their chosen activity with a sick murdering fuck as I see **uselessGit** has done on preview.
If you don’t like the idea of it, don’t do it. If you don’t like watching it, that’s why God invented the fast-forward button.
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### Author:  [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/4 "2004-04-02T17:22:56Z")
Jeepers catfish!
I’m a straight guy and I guess you’d have no respect for me…
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### Author:  [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/5 "2004-04-02T17:33:45Z")
You sound like a cross between:
A new age Taoist who erects barriers to sexual pleasure for fear of unsettling the internal Qi balance
and
An orthodox or fundementalist religious type who advises copulation should be carried out only as a means to procreation, where all other forms of sexual activity are unnatural, dirty or sinful.
Either that, or you’re just a little freaked out with regards to hygeine. That fear can be literally washed away with a hot shower and a bar of soap.
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### Author:  [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/6 "2004-04-02T17:42:07Z")
What’s the appeal?
Some people think it feels good.
Unless they gots a big glob of _shtuff_ on their tongue afterwards and try to kiss you, it doesn’t really concern you, does it?
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### Author:  [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/7 "2004-04-02T17:43:57Z")
um, it feels good. YMMV, of course.
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### Author:  [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/8 "2004-04-02T17:45:25Z")
What is the appeal?
There are a whole lot of nerve endings around your ass hole. Rimming stimulates these nerve endings in a very pleasurable way. It is a little strange considering what comes out of that same hole, but, like JohnBckWLD said, a good shower cleans everything up.
I have a guy friend who is really into anal sex. I don’t think that it is a power issue at all for him; he just views the ass as another hole that is a bit tighter and therefore more pleasurable when he puts his penis in it.
I don’t understand how this relates to S&M at all. It is my understanding the sado-masochism involves the use of pain to provide pleasure. I could be completely off-base with my understanding of it though; my experience in this area isn’t too high.
-Mosquito
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### Author:  [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/9 "2004-04-02T17:58:15Z")
Sorry folks, he’s not talking about rimming.
Ass-to-mouth means taking your member from the first and immediately placing it in the second without the benefit of a wash.
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### Author:  [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/10 "2004-04-02T18:00:32Z")
> [@MissMossie](#):
>
> What is the appeal?
>
> There are a whole lot of nerve endings around your ass hole. Rimming stimulates these nerve endings in a very pleasurable way. It is a little strange considering what comes out of that same hole, but, like JohnBckWLD said, a good shower cleans everything up.
>
> I have a guy friend who is really into anal sex. I don’t think that it is a power issue at all for him; he just views the ass as another hole that is a bit tighter and therefore more pleasurable when he puts his penis in it.
>
> I don’t understand how this relates to S&M at all. It is my understanding the sado-masochism involves the use of pain to provide pleasure. I could be completely off-base with my understanding of it though; my experience in this area isn’t too high.
>
> -Mosquito
Right on, that’s how it is. Its another way to bring PLEASURE to your mate, its not degrading unless you want it to be. Personally I have a hard to respecting people who like to condem others for something they know little or nothing about.
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### Author:  [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/11 "2004-04-02T18:34:51Z")
> [@hapaXL](#):
>
> Sorry folks, he’s not talking about rimming.
>
> Ass-to-mouth means taking your member from the first and immediately placing it in the second without the benefit of a wash.
Oh, that’s a Hot Karl (South Park is educational as well as entertaining). Not my cup of o-cha, but what other consenting adults do with each other is none of my business, words that the OP and his busybody ilk should write upon their hearts in letters of gold.
And rimming is lots o’ fun. It can be incredibly pleasurable with the right person (and after a hot shower unless you’re a scat queen).
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### Author:  [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/12 "2004-04-02T19:06:58Z")
I read an article that touches on the subject just yesterday - I can’t remember if it was in the newspaper on on-line. The author’s premise was that the “sledgehammer effect” has become the standard in nearly every form of communication, and porn is certainly no different.
The “sledgehammer effect” is the idea that, in order to appeal (hell, even just to be heard, anymore), the communication has to be communicated in ever louder, more shocking, and forceful ways. Witness talk radio - where you have more strident personalities, holding forth at louder volume, on nearly any subject. Movies are louder, with more graphic depictions of violence. Pornography has upped the bar as noted. Why? According to the author’s thesis, simply to get noticed in the constant din of information that’s out there.
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/13 "2004-04-02T19:59:28Z")
OK, I thought he was talking about rimming, but upon re-reading my post I find that other than the implication that the OP was describing an act in which I partake (I don’t and it has no appeal to me) my post stands as written.
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### Author:  [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/14 "2004-04-02T20:12:46Z")
Um…ever heard of form following function? If you’re going to do a porn that involved butt-sex & ejaculate on the face/mouth climax, aren’t your options pretty limited? If the hygiene issue offends, then rent a porno where the actors wear condoms.
Of course, it would be amusing to see a scene where the sodomy and the fellatio are separated by a brief image of the guy washing his erection in the sink. “C’mon! How long can it take to wash it? It’s not _that_ big!”
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### Author:  [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/15 "2004-04-02T20:50:34Z")
> [@hapaXL](#):
>
> Sorry folks, he’s not talking about rimming.
>
> Ass-to-mouth means taking your member from the first and immediately placing it in the second without the benefit of a wash.
Hmm…that’s something new. I don’t think that it would float my boat, but if both partners are willing, then more power to them. I don’t quite understand the appeal though; I guess that the taboo quality would be a turn on for some.
-Mosquito
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### Author:  [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/16 "2004-04-02T21:25:02Z")
Ass-to mouth…Now thats a new one on me :eek:
Nope!! Never tried it…never will
Now…I’ve eaten Pussy before
Tastes like Chicken 😃
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### Author:  [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/17 "2004-04-02T21:43:10Z")
I believe the girls performing in the porn videos have had enemas a couple of hours before and have been thoroughly cleaned so it is probably not quite as unhygienic as one might think at first glance.
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### Author:  [@jellytoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellytoes)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/18 "2004-04-02T22:05:42Z")
I always thought people were attracted to it _because_ it’s dirty. I like a few things that would be considered ‘dirty’ and therefore ‘taboo’. But it gets old.
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### Author:  [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/19 "2004-04-02T22:14:36Z")
> [@Otto](#):
>
> First response: well, actually, my first response is not appropriate outside the Pit.
>
> Second response: Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.
>
> Third response: It’s a little arrogant of you, on the basis of an act having no personal appeal _to you_, to decide that those who participate in the act as being “utterly vile,” “totally degrading,” and the result of “a sick power trip.”
This reaction is annoying to me, because it seems to imply that open-mindedness is a one-way street. No matter what your fetish might happen to be, we’re supposed to be OK with it. But we’re not allowed to say “Ewwww?”
```
Otto, I think you could maybe stretch your imagination a bit, and try to accept that some people think a mouthful of fecal bacteria is pretty icky.
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### Author:  [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-what-is-the-appeal-of-ass-to-mouth-sex-tmi/237917/20 "2004-04-02T22:17:16Z")
If you don’t understand it’s appeal, no explanation will do.
And if you understand it’s appeal, no explanation is necessary.
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