TechniqueĪnilingus can involve a variety of techniques to stimulate the anus, including kissing or licking it may also involve the tongue moving around the edge of the anus or up and down the insides of the cheeks of the buttocks, and in and out of the anus.Īnilingus can be performed in a number of sex positions including: Studies indicate that anilingus is a rare sexual practice between women. People may engage in anilingus for its own sake, before anal fingering or penetration, or as part of foreplay. The person receiving anilingus is regarded as the passive partner in the act, and the person performing anilingus is the active partner. The anus has a relatively high concentration of nerve endings and can be an erogenous zone, and the recipient may receive pleasure from external anal stimulation. Pleasure for the giver during anilingus is usually based more on the principle of the act. Ĭolloquial names include ' rimming', ' rim job', ' eating ass', or ' tossing the salad'. Rebman translation of Edition 10 of sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 book Psychopathia sexualis. The term anilingus entered English through the 1899 F.
