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- It seems like all of a sudden
everyone's talking about eating ass.
Technically, dictionaries refer to this as anilingus.
A doctor I spoke to called it ANAL ORAL.
And casually, we can call it rimming, or even tossing salad.
But regardless of the terminology,
the act is definitely trending.
How did we get here, and where are we going?
My name is Hillary, and I have questions.
I started with my colleague, Matt.
We're here with Matt Stopera, author of
Dear Straight People, We Ate Ass First!
Tell me where that came from.
- It all started with Khia, you know,
My Neck, My Back, My Pussy, My Crack.
Fine. Khia, iconic, iconic song.
Then Nicki Minaj, she's singin' about
eatin' ass here or gettin' her ass eaten,
and I'm like, fine, cuz it's on a great Nicki verse.
We love that, but then it happened on GIRLS.
Allison Williams.
You know, Brian Williams' goddamned daughter,
had her ass eaten on GIRLS.
And that's when I said enough is enough,
and I had to get my thoughts,
and I had to write this manifesto.
- The same cultural moment
that allowed Matt to write his manifesto,
also opened the door for me
to have many candid conversations about eating ass.
So I started at the beginning.
What is anilingus?
- Anilingus is oral sex but for the butt.
It's pleasuring the anus with the tongue and the lips.
- The butthole is two inches away from all the other stuff.
- It's not like these muscles are separate from these muscles.
So pleasure here, makes these contract,
and pleasure here, makes these contract.
And our nervous system innervates
erogenous tissue all over.
It's not just sex up here, butt stuff's a no.
It's all good.
- It's all good, and it is all connected,
is what you're saying. - Yes.
- I kinda feel like any dude that hasn't like,
investigated his own butthole at this point, 2015,
is kinda like, missing the boat.
- There are untapped resources in the male butthole,
like in the nerve-endings in the butt,
and also, the prostate.
- Why would anyone do it if it didn't feel good?
- Tell me about it.
- Oh, you've never been rimmed.
- I've never been rimmed.
And since I'm a rim virgin, there's a lot to learn.
How do you prepare?
I sat down with Curly to find out.
First step, washing. (laughter)
- First step, washing, yes definitely.
You definitely have to wash.
You've gotta make sure you're nice and clean.
- A lot of people don't know how to wash their butts.
- Let's talk about the proper way to wash to wash a butt.
- If you know that rimming might be on the menu,
be thorough.
Make sure there's nothing you're missing.
Soap up you're hands, get in between your cheeks,
and rub your anus, like really rub it.
Soap shouldn't really get in your body,
but you can even get a little bit, just inside,
just so you can make sure there's no residue,
uh, for your partner, uh, when they're licking you.
Totally wash your butt and crack too.
Up to your tailbone, everything, this is important.
- Yeah - It's important stuff.
- My neck, my back, my pussy, my crack, get it all.
- Yes. - Yeah.
- You're just so good at this already.
- Thank you.
- I don't know who's ready to go for it without a shower.
That person's real brave. (laughter)
- Well, I spoke to a gynecologist earlier about this,
and she said that's actually not a good idea medically
because fecal matter in the mouth
can lead to some pretty gross stuff like E Coli-
- Of course. - and GI situations that-
- Shower.
- If you're a hairier male, uh-
- Would you identify as a hairy male?
- I identify as a hairy male, yeah.
- Great. - Definitely.
Um, yeah, don't be afraid to get in there with like a,
you know, be careful, but get in there with a,
like a hair trimmer, and you know, trim it up a little bit.
Don't use scissors.
- What setting would you recommend?
- Uh, I generally go with a setting of four.
- A four is good for butthole trimming.
Okay, so you get your ass ready, then what?
- Even though we might think of rimming as just
tongue on butthole, this is my stunt butt,
Hello, nice to meet you. "Hi".
You want to think about where the sensation can be.
- It can be right in the middle,
it can be around the circle
cuz there's a muscle right under there.
It gets really, um, tight sometimes just from
being in traffic, stress at work,
and rimming can be a way to relax it.
So licking all the way around-
- You know, start with head, go down on the shaft,
go down on the balls, and then, you know.
- Oh, so it's part of the blow job.
- Yeah. (laughs) - Is what you're saying.
- Basically, can do it how ever you want.
Some people don't like getting kissed after.
So it may be more of an ending activity,
but I've never heard of somebody
creating a rimming date.
Where it's just like, hi, hello,
kiss, kiss, rim, rim, the end?
- Is is like vaginal oral in that,
it's tongue and fingers all at once?
- Mmm, I don't think so.
No, I don't think that that's a technique
that works too well with the butthole.
You kinda just tongue.
- What does it taste like?
- Um, oh I don't know.
That's one issue I never thought of before.
It tastes like nothing, it smells like,
you know, like a little, like a body part, it smells like
- Like a dick?
- No, yeah, that whole area smells like balls.
- Well, that doesn't sound super appealing
so why are people doing this?
- It can give you a chill?
It can actually make your entire body spasm.
Um, it can tickle.
Um, it can wake up your whole body.
It's something that hits the nervous system in a way
that is different than anything else.
- It feels great, it feels fantastic.
- And it's fun, like, it's just like a fun activity.
- So would you recommend?
- Yeah, like if you're fooling around with somebody,
why not do all the things?
- Give a rim job or two, and after that,
maybe it becomes part of your like, normal routine.
- Maybe not. - Maybe not.
It's a fun trick to have up your sleeve
once in a while though.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- In the buffet of life, it can be chosen
- So basically, people are eating ass because it feels good,
and that's reason enough to dive in.
Bottoms up!