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{{Short description|Sexual practice}}
{{About|the sexual act|the film|Donkey Punch (film)|the television episode|Donkey Punch (Robot Chicken episode)}}
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'''Donkey punch''' is the ] of inflicting ] ] or lower back of the receiving partner during ] or vaginal sex as an attempt by the penetrating partner to induce involuntary tightening of ] or ] muscles or vaginal passage of the receiving partner.<ref name="AETC">{{cite web
|url=http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/links_sextermsd.htm
|title=Sexual Terminology--D
|publisher=Hawai'i AIDS Education and Training Center
|access-date=2006-10-05
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060915114839/http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/links_sextermsd.htm
|archive-date=2006-09-15
}}</ref><ref name="Tate2007"/> According to Jeffrey Bahr of ], there is no reflex in humans that would cause such tensing in response to a blow on the head, although striking a partner on the back of the neck or head could cause severe, even lethal injury.<ref name=savage>{{cite news |title=Donkey See, Donkey Doo |author=Dan Savage |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=93682 |newspaper=The Stranger |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref>


== Urban legend ==
'''Donkey punch''' is ] term for an ] and potentially ]<ref name=savage>{{cite news
] discussed the risks and false claims associated with the "donkey punch" in '']''.]]
|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=93682
Sex columnist ] has discussed the alleged practice on several occasions. In 2004, Savage referred to the donkey punch as "a sex act that exists only in the imaginations of adolescent boys,"<ref name="savage2004">{{cite news |title=No Shit? |author=Dan Savage |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=20179&mode=print |newspaper=The Stranger |date=December 23–29, 2004 |access-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref> adding "no one has ever attempted '],' just as no one has ever performed a ], delivered a Donkey Punch, or inserted an Icy Mike. They're all fictions."<ref name="savage2004"/> Responding to an enquiry from Misplaced Pages editors, he again discussed the donkey punch urban legend in his "]" column in 2006. He wrote, "attempting a Donkey Punch can lead to ... unpleasant outcomes," including "injury, death or incarceration"; he also pointed out that it "doesn't even work." He quoted Jeffrey Bahr, a faculty member at the ],<ref name=savage/>
|title=Savage Love - Donkey See, Donkey Doo
{{quote|To the best of my knowledge, there is no definitive reflex in the human neurophysiology that induces involuntary tightening of the anal sphincter after receiving blunt force trauma to the occiput, or back of the head. ... Trauma to any part of the head can have serious ramifications. Pain, intracranial hemorrhage, memory loss, neck injury, and possibly some related sensory deficits in the arms and legs. A strong enough blow to the back of an unsuspecting person's head could result in a vertebral fracture which, I hope most people know, could cause paralysis or even death.}}
|author=Dan Savage
Jordan Tate, commenting in ''The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms'' (2007) on the "almost purely theoretical nature" of the term, claimed,<ref name="Tate2007">{{cite book|author=Jordan Tate|title=The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aclMh6SB1ngC&pg=PA34|access-date=15 February 2012|date=9 January 2007|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-312-36298-0|page=34}}</ref>
|date=October 25, 2006
{{quote|The donkey punch originated in the late twentieth century sometime after the sexual revolution, when the empowerment of women was threatening the place of men in contemporary society. This shift in gender paradigms left men feeling threatened, and to reassert their authority, they created and popularized these theoretical and violent euphemisms. ... The secondary reward of the donkey punch is the creation, or reinforcement, of the ideal power structure, or solidifying existing gender roles.}}
|accessdate=2006-10-26}}</ref> sexual practice supposedly performed during ] or ]. The purported practice involves the penetrating partner ] the receiving partner in the back of the ] or ] (what is known in ] as a ], after a technique to kill ]s). The alleged goal is to cause the receiving partner's anal passage to tense up, thereby increasing the pleasure of the penetrating partner;<ref name="AETC">{{cite web
|url=http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/links_sextermsd.htm
|title=Sexual Terminology--D
|publisher=Hawai'i AIDS Education and Training Center
|accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref> however, there is no medical evidence that it works, or, for that matter, any reason that it would. When used, the donkey punch is almost exclusively executed during or just before the ] of the penetrating partner (see ]).<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://gawker.com/news/rape-is-comedy-gold/patrice-oneal-explains-donkey+punching-on-fox-news-260907.php
|title=Patrice Oneal Explains Donkey-Punching On Fox News
|publisher=Gawker
|accessdate=2008-12-08}}</ref>


== Medical and legal risks == == Pornography ==
]
Sex advice columnist ] discussed the donkey punch in his October 25, 2006, "]" column. He wrote, "attempting a Donkey Punch can lead to ... unpleasant outcomes," including "injury, death, or incarceration;" he also pointed out that it "doesn't even work." He quoted Jeffrey Bahr, a faculty member at the ],<ref name=savage/>
The adult film star credited as the first known recipient of a donkey punch is Gia Paloma, who had the act performed on her by ] in the 2004 film ''Gutter Mouths 30''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.avn.com/porn-stars/Gia-Paloma-263487.html|title = Gia Paloma|publisher = Adult Video News|website = avn.com|access-date = 8 September 2013}}</ref>
{{cquote|To the best of my knowledge, there is no definitive reflex in the human ] that induces involuntary tightening of the ] after receiving ] to the ], or back of the head.... Trauma to any part of the head can have serious ramifications. Pain, ], ], neck injury, and possibly some related sensory deficits in the arms and legs. A strong enough ] could result in a ] which, I hope most people know, could cause ] or even death.}}


'']'', a pornographic film premised around the act, was released by ] in 2005.<ref>{{iafd title|Donkey+Punch|2005|Donkey Punch}}</ref> The film consists of four scenes in which the male actors engage in rough sex with their female co-stars, punching them repeatedly in the head and body throughout. In response to her experience on the set, performer Alex Devine allegedly stated "''Donkey Punch'' was the most brutal, depressing, scary scene that I have ever done,"<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.xbiz.com/articles/15635|title = Hardcore Content: 1|last = Cachapero|first = Joanne|publisher = ]|date = 22 June 2006|website = xbiz.com|access-date = 19 February 2019}}</ref> and commented that "I actually stopped the scene while it was being filmed because I was in too much pain."
== Non-sexual usage ==
Donkey punch was also one of several slang names for trades conducted by ].


The viciousness of the film prompted Peter van Aarle of Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews to forgo covering any further releases from JM,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cavr.com/xxx17944.htm|title = ''Donkey Punch''|publisher = Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews|date = 12 September 2005|website = cavr.com|access-date = 8 September 2013}}</ref> while Zack Parsons of ] (which awarded ''Donkey Punch'' a score of -49, where -50 is the worst score possible) wrote that the film was "one of the most morally repugnant pornographic movies I have seen" and "the sort of movie that the government would cite when trying to arrest pornographers and outlaw pornography."<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.somethingawful.com/horrors-of-porn/donkey-punch/|title = ''Donkey Punch''|last = Parsons|first = Zach|publisher = ]|date = 22 June 2006|website = somethingawful.com|access-date = 8 September 2013}}</ref>
In the scandal over ]'s manipulation of the electricity market in ], fraudulent schemes designed by Enron traders were given "colorful names" including "Donkey Punch."<ref> Zachary Coile, ''],'' June 15, 2004.</ref> ] ], in a 2004 press release about the Enron hearings, identified the Donkey Punch as "a crude pornographic term", one of many "lewd acts" that Enron employees used to describe their schemes. Cantwell asked the ] to take down the ]s that were on its website due to the content.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://cantwell.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=242397&
|title=Federal Energy Regulatory Commission web site hosts pornographic Enron emails: Cantwell says federal agency not doing its homework and should remove the offensive content
|author=]
|date=2004-06-17
|accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref>


==References== == Enron scandal ==
"Donkey punch" was one of several slang terms used by ] traders to refer to their ] methods.<ref name="chron">{{cite news |title=When Enron pushed, utility pushed back |author=Carolyn Said |url=http://www.chron.com/business/enron/article/When-Enron-pushed-utility-pushed-back-1676193.php |newspaper=] |date=June 27, 2004 |access-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref> During investigations into the 2004 ] over manipulation of the ] in ], recordings of Enron traders were uncovered dating from 2000 and 2001. In the recordings, fraudulent accounting schemes were referred to using slang terms, including "Donkey Punch."<ref name="chron"/><ref>{{cite news |title=New evidence of Enron schemes |author=Zachary Coile |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ffile%3D/chronicle/archive/2004/06/15/MNGNJ76B111.DTL |newspaper=] |date=June 15, 2004 |access-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Senator: Federal Web site hosts pornographic Enron e-mails |author=Staff writer |url=http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/senator-federal-web-site-hosts-pornographic-enron-e-mails |newspaper=] |date=June 19, 2004 |access-date=February 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://swap.stanford.edu/20140329172207/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/senator-federal-web-site-hosts-pornographic-enron-e-mails |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |author-link=Staff writer }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Unveiling the Corporate Greed Market |author=Jim Hightower |url=http://www.alternet.org/story/19483/unveiling_the_corporate_greed_market/?page=entire |newspaper=] |date=August 7, 2004 |access-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref> The 2007 report by the ] was unable to identify the meaning that Enron had attached to the term "Donkey Punch."<ref>{{cite book | title =Strategic behaviour in network industries: a multidisciplinary approach | author = Ernst F. Heuvelhof, ], Martin de Jong, Mirjam Kars |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_fTDGmJHhoC&q=donkey+punch | publisher = Edward Elgar Publishing | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-1-84720-610-7 | page = 101 }}</ref> U.S. senator ], in a 2004 press release about the Enron hearings, identified the Donkey Punch as "a crude pornographic term," one of many "lewd acts" that Enron employees used to describe their schemes. Cantwell asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to take down the emails that were on its website due to the content.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Federal Energy Regulatory Commission web site hosts pornographic Enron emails: Cantwell says federal agency not doing its homework and should remove the offensive content |url=http://cantwell.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=242397& |publisher=] |date=June 17, 2004 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309155002/http://cantwell.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=242397& |archive-date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref>
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== ''Jeopardy!'' ==
The term received extensive coverage online after it was given as an incorrect response on the January 16, 2012, broadcast of the American game show '']''. The prompt was "A blow to the back of the neck is the punch named for this animal"; the correct response was ], a dangerous boxing move. The first contestant responded with "What is a donkey?" The subsequent contestant gave the correct response. A clip of the scene became a ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Lurid 'Jeopardy' answer goes viral |author=James Hibberd |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/01/17/jeopardy-donkey/ |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref>


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Sexual practice For other uses, see Donkey punch (disambiguation).

Donkey punch is the sexual practice of inflicting blunt force trauma to the back of the head or lower back of the receiving partner during anal or vaginal sex as an attempt by the penetrating partner to induce involuntary tightening of internal or external anal sphincter muscles or vaginal passage of the receiving partner. According to Jeffrey Bahr of Medical College of Wisconsin, there is no reflex in humans that would cause such tensing in response to a blow on the head, although striking a partner on the back of the neck or head could cause severe, even lethal injury.

Urban legend

Dan Savage discussed the risks and false claims associated with the "donkey punch" in The Stranger.

Sex columnist Dan Savage has discussed the alleged practice on several occasions. In 2004, Savage referred to the donkey punch as "a sex act that exists only in the imaginations of adolescent boys," adding "no one has ever attempted 'the Pirate,' just as no one has ever performed a Hot Karl, delivered a Donkey Punch, or inserted an Icy Mike. They're all fictions." Responding to an enquiry from Misplaced Pages editors, he again discussed the donkey punch urban legend in his "Savage Love" column in 2006. He wrote, "attempting a Donkey Punch can lead to ... unpleasant outcomes," including "injury, death or incarceration"; he also pointed out that it "doesn't even work." He quoted Jeffrey Bahr, a faculty member at the Medical College of Wisconsin,

To the best of my knowledge, there is no definitive reflex in the human neurophysiology that induces involuntary tightening of the anal sphincter after receiving blunt force trauma to the occiput, or back of the head. ... Trauma to any part of the head can have serious ramifications. Pain, intracranial hemorrhage, memory loss, neck injury, and possibly some related sensory deficits in the arms and legs. A strong enough blow to the back of an unsuspecting person's head could result in a vertebral fracture which, I hope most people know, could cause paralysis or even death.

Jordan Tate, commenting in The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms (2007) on the "almost purely theoretical nature" of the term, claimed,

The donkey punch originated in the late twentieth century sometime after the sexual revolution, when the empowerment of women was threatening the place of men in contemporary society. This shift in gender paradigms left men feeling threatened, and to reassert their authority, they created and popularized these theoretical and violent euphemisms. ... The secondary reward of the donkey punch is the creation, or reinforcement, of the ideal power structure, or solidifying existing gender roles.

Pornography

Gia Paloma is credited as the first recipient of a donkey punch in a pornographic film.

The adult film star credited as the first known recipient of a donkey punch is Gia Paloma, who had the act performed on her by Alex Sanders in the 2004 film Gutter Mouths 30.

Donkey Punch, a pornographic film premised around the act, was released by JM Productions in 2005. The film consists of four scenes in which the male actors engage in rough sex with their female co-stars, punching them repeatedly in the head and body throughout. In response to her experience on the set, performer Alex Devine allegedly stated "Donkey Punch was the most brutal, depressing, scary scene that I have ever done," and commented that "I actually stopped the scene while it was being filmed because I was in too much pain."

The viciousness of the film prompted Peter van Aarle of Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews to forgo covering any further releases from JM, while Zack Parsons of Something Awful (which awarded Donkey Punch a score of -49, where -50 is the worst score possible) wrote that the film was "one of the most morally repugnant pornographic movies I have seen" and "the sort of movie that the government would cite when trying to arrest pornographers and outlaw pornography."

Enron scandal

"Donkey punch" was one of several slang terms used by Enron traders to refer to their price gouging methods. During investigations into the 2004 Enron scandal over manipulation of the electricity market in California, recordings of Enron traders were uncovered dating from 2000 and 2001. In the recordings, fraudulent accounting schemes were referred to using slang terms, including "Donkey Punch." The 2007 report by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was unable to identify the meaning that Enron had attached to the term "Donkey Punch." U.S. senator Maria Cantwell, in a 2004 press release about the Enron hearings, identified the Donkey Punch as "a crude pornographic term," one of many "lewd acts" that Enron employees used to describe their schemes. Cantwell asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to take down the emails that were on its website due to the content.

Jeopardy!

The term received extensive coverage online after it was given as an incorrect response on the January 16, 2012, broadcast of the American game show Jeopardy!. The prompt was "A blow to the back of the neck is the punch named for this animal"; the correct response was rabbit punch, a dangerous boxing move. The first contestant responded with "What is a donkey?" The subsequent contestant gave the correct response. A clip of the scene became a viral video.

References

  1. "Sexual Terminology--D". Hawai'i AIDS Education and Training Center. Archived from the original on 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2006-10-05.
  2. ^ Jordan Tate (9 January 2007). The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms. Macmillan. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-312-36298-0. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ Dan Savage (October 26, 2006). "Donkey See, Donkey Doo". The Stranger. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  4. ^ Dan Savage (December 23–29, 2004). "No Shit?". The Stranger. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  5. "Gia Paloma". avn.com. Adult Video News. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  6. Donkey Punch at the Internet Adult Film Database
  7. Cachapero, Joanne (22 June 2006). "Hardcore Content: 1". xbiz.com. XBIZ. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  8. "Donkey Punch". cavr.com. Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  9. Parsons, Zach (22 June 2006). "Donkey Punch". somethingawful.com. Something Awful. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  10. ^ Carolyn Said (June 27, 2004). "When Enron pushed, utility pushed back". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  11. Zachary Coile (June 15, 2004). "New evidence of Enron schemes". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  12. Staff writer (June 19, 2004). "Senator: Federal Web site hosts pornographic Enron e-mails". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  13. Jim Hightower (August 7, 2004). "Unveiling the Corporate Greed Market". AlterNet. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  14. Ernst F. Heuvelhof, Ernst ten Heuvelhof, Martin de Jong, Mirjam Kars (2009). Strategic behaviour in network industries: a multidisciplinary approach. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-84720-610-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission web site hosts pornographic Enron emails: Cantwell says federal agency not doing its homework and should remove the offensive content" (Press release). Maria Cantwell. June 17, 2004. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  16. James Hibberd (January 17, 2012). "Lurid 'Jeopardy' answer goes viral". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 17, 2012.

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