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For the film, see Donkey Punch (film).

Donkey punch is a slang term for an apocryphal and potentially lethal sexual practice supposedly performed during anal sex. The purported practice involves the penetrating partner punching the receiving partner in the back of the head or neck (what is known in boxing as a rabbit punch, after a technique to kill rabbits) allegedly causing the receiving partner's anal passage to tense up and increase the pleasure of the penetrating partner. When used, the donkey punch is almost exclusively executed during or just before the orgasm of the penetrating partner.

Medical and legal risks

Sex advice columnist Dan Savage discussed the donkey punch in his October 25, 2006 "Savage Love" column. He wrote, "attempting a Donkey Punch can lead to ... unsatisfying outcomes," including "injury, death, or incarceration;" he also pointed out that it "doesn't even work that well." He quoted Dr. 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 skull 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.

Non-sexual usage

Donkey punch was also one of several slang names for trades conducted by Enron.

In the scandal over Enron's manipulation of the electricity market in California; fraudulent schemes designed by Enron traders were given "colorful names" including "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 e-mails that were on its website due to the content.

In media

• In season 1, episode 16 ("Hush") of CSI:New York, a suspect explains bruising on her face by claiming it is the result of a donkey punch.
• A 2005 pornographic movie dedicated to Donkey Punch, and it has been reviewed by Something Awful as part of their Horrors of Pornography column.
• Donkey Punch (film). A mainstream non-pornographic film released in 2008, where the titular manoeuvre provides a key moment in the film. (A young attractive partygoer getting her neck broken while getting donkey punched in group sex on a yacht).
• Avenue D (band) have a song called 'Donkey Punch' on their 2004 album Bootleg.
• There is also a UK Hardcore track featured on Hardcore Heaven 3 - Kev Energy mix by JellyBeanz vs Gammer, named "Donkey Punch".
• Donkey punching is one of the mildest actions discussed by two males in a scene in the 2001 horror movie Mayhem Motel.

References

1. Dan Savage (October 25, 2006). "Savage Love - Donkey See, Donkey Doo". Retrieved 2006-10-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Sexual Terminology--D". Hawai'i AIDS Education and Training Center. Retrieved 2006-10-05.
3. "Patrice Oneal Explains Donkey-Punching On Fox News". Gawker. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
4. "New evidence of Enron schemes Documents, tapes in Washington state case prompt lawmakers to demand regulators reopen probe into fallen energy company" Zachary Coile, San Francisco Chronicle, June 15, 2004.
5. Maria Cantwell (2004-06-17). "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission web site hosts pornographic Enron emails: Cantwell says federal agency not doing its homework and should remove the offensive content". Retrieved 2006-10-05.
6. "CSI:New York Fan Site Episode Guide". 2005. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
7. "donkey punch". 2005. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
8. IMDB
9. "Trash City review: Mental Maniacs". 2001. Retrieved 2008-12-09.

External links

• Donkey punch citation at Double-Tongued Word Wrestler Dictionary

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