Unsafe Fisting
“Three case reports of severe trauma caused by fisting have been published in December 2004 edition of Sexually Transmitted Infections. All three cases involved HIV-positive gay men… The three men attended for emergency medical care between three and 36 hours after experiencing internal trauma in separate incidents caused by fisting, and in one case the use of large sex toys. All three men had been attending sex parties and had used recreational drugs, including ketamine, ecstasy, cannabis and poppers. Rectal bleeding was experienced in each of the cases and two of the men reported feeling a ‘pop’ or ‘tear.’ Emergency surgery was conducted on each of the men and all three recovered from their injuries… Although fisting is often viewed as an esoteric activity, data from the 2002 Gay Men’s Sex Survey indicated that over 12% of gay men had engaged in the practice in the preceding twelve months.” —AIDSmap.com (US)
For many people, anal sex is a taboo that inspires both excitement and dread. Imagine, then, how these same feelings are amplified at the prospect of fisting. A fist and its attached arm are a thousand percent larger than a penis, and so also are the feelings about having such a large object inserted into your rectum. It’s like trying to eat a water melon whole — or something.
The scientific article on which this news story is based is available for free at the Sexually Transmitted Infections web site. Included in the article is a radiograph of a man who, thanks to a fisting perforation, has free air circulating beneath his diaphragm. (And no, you jokers, “free air” is not a mere fart.) The article also features some juicy details about the three case studies. It can make you queasy to read it. For example, there’s the guy who “14 hours after being fisted at a party with four other men” heard a “pop,” and then experienced abdominal pain and bloating (i.e. “free air”). Or there’s the 54-year-old man whose partner “inserted his hand, arm, and a 15 cm rubber dildo into the rectum and further into the sigmoid colon.” Unsurprisingly, all these guys experienced copious rectal bleeding.
Often it can be hard to fathom why people choose to engage in practices that are, on the surface, painful, sometimes even harmful, possibly even life-threatening. No doubt the reasons are complex, and it’s an interesting psychological or even philosophical question to wonder whether it’s necessarily sick or pathological to choose to do something painful. Then again, is it really painful? Or is the pain simply a means to a pleasureful — ahem! — end?
Paul Krasner original Gonzo journalist once wrote a piece in his mag the Realist as I recall detailing the objects that had been removed from the rectums of patients in emergency rooms. I do recall bottles, lightbulbs. (This was over 30 years ago–in the early 60s I think….I was shocked, shocked — merely fisting is tame stuff.)
What the FUCK, fisting asses, you queers are fucking messed up in the head. im gonna puke to this homo bullshit
j-dawg
what are you ten years old?
that supposed factiod about 12 percent of gays doing that absolutely has to be wrong. im a 35 year old gay man, and i have had hundreds of aquaintences(not fuck buds so shut up) over the 16 years ive been out. i used to be involved in the local social scene, and even social in the boston scene. I have never heard of one person i know or known of that has ever expressed an interest in that or talked about doing that, ever!! and believe me gay dudes are gossiping little fuckers, and i would have heard about it if someone i knew liked that sort of thing. i find it just as vile as pretty much anyone reading this, and agree that people who are self abusive like that need serious help. but please keep a story like this in perspective. im 100 percent sure its less than 1 percent, and i should know, because im not an outsider looking in. and definitely not just saying all this to protect the gay image. false information like this is just maddening and embarrasing.
Deputy Dawg if you give me your number I can come and teach you the joys of full arm fisting. I can plant my fist and whole arm in your ass and you will cry for more. Interested buddy?
I am 59 years old, bisexual, transvestite and I enjoy fisting. The three articles refer to people with HIV and who were all very high on drugs. Damage to the colon is always possible, but it is relatively rare. Anal fisting can be one of the most ecstatic sexual experiences imaginable, particularly for the bottom. I have no problem with a 15 inch dildo or with two hands it all depends on just how relaxed you are.
If you ain’t tried it don’t knock it.
Augusta
I am not dissing HIV+ people per se, it’s just that many HIV + people are on medication. Medication can react in unpredictable ways with recreational drugs, which in all three cases were MDMA, Ketamine and poppers. I personally think that the unsafe component here is the K.
Augusta
I’m a lesbian woman and I enjoy fisting, but in the vagina not the anus.
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