Gerbilling

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{{dablink|For a hazard relating to piloting a monowheel, see [[Monowheel#Other issues|monowheel gerbiling]]}}
[[File:2008-02-16 Mongolian gerbil.jpg|thumb|right|Gerbils are the most common rodents to be allegedly inserted.]]
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'''Gerbilling''', also known as '''gerbil stuffing''' or '''gerbil shooting''', is an [[urban legend]]<ref name="snopes"/> that describes a supposed [[human sexual behavior|sexual practice]] of inserting small live animals (usually [[gerbil]]s but also [[mouse|mice]], [[hamster]]s, [[rat]]s and various other [[rodents]]) into the human [[rectum]] to obtain stimulation.

==Overview==
According to folklorist [[Jan Harold Brunvand]], accounts of gerbilling were first recorded in 1984 and initially were said to involve a mouse and an unidentified gay man. In subsequent versions of the story, the animal was a gerbil and the story applied to several male celebrities who were rumored to be gay.<ref name="Brunvand2001a">{{Cite encyclopedia|article=The Colo-Rectal Mouse|pages=81|author=[[Jan Harold Brunvand|Brunvand, Jan Harold]]|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Urban Legends|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-076-5|isbn13=9781576070765}}</ref><ref name="snopes">{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.asp |title=From Gere to eternity |date=2001-11-18|author=Barbara and David P. Mikkelson|work=[[Urban Legends Reference Pages]]|publisher=[[snopes.com]]|accessdate=February 8, 2012}}</ref> Rumors surrounding various male celebrities engaging in gerbilling have become persisted as urban legends over the years.<ref name="Brunvand2001b">{{Cite encyclopedia|article=Gerbiling|pages=166|author=[[Jan Harold Brunvand|Brunvand, Jan Harold]]|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Urban Legends|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-076-5|isbn13=9781576070765}}</ref><ref name="snopes"/> This is simply an unverified and persistent urban legend, that is, pure fiction.<ref name="snopes"/>

As of the mid-1980s, there were no reports in peer-reviewed medical literature describing gerbilling.<ref name="Straight_Dope">Adams, Cecil (1986). "[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/478/is-it-true-what-they-say-about-gerbils Is It True What they Say About Gerbils?]" ''The Straight Dope'', March 28, 1986.</ref><ref>{{cite pmid|3738771}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
An entirely fictional account appeared in "[[The Death Camp of Tolerance]]," episode 93 of ''[[South Park]]''. The unfortunate cartoon gerbil exited alive.<ref>[http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/The_Death_Camp_of_Tolerance The Death Camp of Tolerance, South Park wiki]</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[American Psycho]]''
* ''[[Mallrats]]''
* [[Rectal foreign object]]
* [[Stephen Lynch (musician)|Stephen Lynch]] album [[A Little Bit Special]]
* [[Occupy Wall Street]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal|title=The Case of the Missing Gerbil|author=Norine Dresser|date=July 1994|volume=53|issue=3|pages=229–242|jstor=1499810|journal=Western Folklore}}
* {{cite web|url=http://snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.asp|title=From Gere to Eternity|date=2001-11-18|author=Barbara and David P. Mikkelson|work=[[Urban Legends Reference Pages]]}}
* {{cite news|url=http://straightdope.com/columns/read/478/is-it-true-what-they-say-about-gerbils|title=Is it true what they say about gerbils?|date=1986-03-28|author=Cecil Adams|work=[[The Straight Dope]]}}
* {{cite journal|author=Becky Vorpagel|year=1988|title=A rodent by Any Other Name: Implications of a Contemporary Legend|journal=International Folklore Review|volume=6|pages=53–57}}

==External links==
* [http://larvatus.livejournal.com/234912.html A study of felching and gerbiling in language, culture, and popular imagination.]

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