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'''Gerbilling''' also known as '''gerbil stuffing''' or '''gerbil shooting''' | |||
[[File:2008-02-16 Mongolian gerbil.jpg|thumb|right|Gerbils are the most common rodents to be allegedly inserted.]] | |||
'''Gerbilling''', also known as '''gerbil stuffing''' or '''gerbil shooting''', is a rumoured [[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. Some variations of reports suggest that the rodent be covered in a psychoactive substance such as cocaine prior to being inserted. | |||
==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 man. In subsequent versions of the story, the animal was a gerbil and the story applied to several male celebrities.<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><ref name="Brunvand2001a">{{Cite encyclopedia|article=The Colo-Rectal Mouse|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofur00janh_0/page/81 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|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofur00janh_0/page/81}} {{ISBN|9781576070765}}</ref> Rumors surrounding various male celebrities engaging in gerbilling have become persistent urban legends.<ref name="snopes"/><ref name="Brunvand2001b">{{Cite encyclopedia|article=Gerbiling|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofur00janh_0/page/166 166]|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|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofur00janh_0/page/166}} {{ISBN|9781576070765}}</ref><ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanlegends.about.com/library/blbyol4.htm |title=Gerbilling Mishap Injures Two |publisher=About.com |accessdate=September 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428204012/http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blbyol4.htm |archive-date=April 28, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
As of the mid-1980s, there were no reports in peer-reviewed medical [[literature]] describing gerbilling among the variety of [[rectal foreign object]]s removed from people's bodies.<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 journal | |||
| last1 = Busch | first1 = D. B. | |||
| last2 = Starling | first2 = J. R. | |||
| title = Rectal foreign bodies: case reports and a comprehensive review of the world's literature | |||
| journal = Surgery | |||
| volume = 100 | |||
| issue = 3 | |||
| pages = 512–519 | |||
| year = 1986 | |||
| pmid = 3738771 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
Mike Walker, a ''[[National Enquirer]]'' gossip columnist, spent months attempting to verify the gerbilling rumors about a celebrity. "I've never worked harder on a story in my life," Walker told the ''[[Palm Beach Post]]'' in 1995. After much investigation, he was unable to find any evidence that a gerbilling incident ever happened: "I'm convinced that it's nothing more than an urban [[legend]]."<ref>{{cite book|title=L.A. Exposed: Strange Myths and Curious Legends in the City of Angels|last1=Young|first1=Paul|page=20|publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]]|year=2002|isbn=978-0312206468}}</ref> | |||
[[Dan Savage]], a sex-advice columnist who frequently discusses unusual sexual practices, stated in 2013 that he has never received a first-hand or even a second-hand account of the practice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=16295662 |title=Gerbils? Again? |date=March 20, 2013 |author=Dan Savage |publisher=thestranger.com}}</ref> | |||
According to the editors of [[Snopes.com]], gerbilling is an unverified and persistent urban legend.<ref name="snopes"/> | |||
In the song "Fack" from his 2005 album ''[[Curtain Call: The Hits]]'', rapper [[Eminem]] recites a verse about gerbilling. "Now see that gerbil, grab that tube/stick it up my butt/let that little rascal nibble on my asshole".<ref>[http://www.complex.com/music/2013/03/the-50-grossest-rap-lyrics/eminem-fack/ Top 50 Grossest Rap Lyrics] [[Complex.com]] (03/27/2013)</ref> | |||
A February 2015 episode of ''[[Family Feud]]'' featured a woman who immediately answered "a gerbil" when host [[Steve Harvey]] asked "Name something a doctor would pull out of a person." The response produced prolonged laughter from the audience and a stunned silence from Harvey; even the other contestant at the podium burst out laughing over her response. The clip of the scene from the episode quickly went [[Viral video|viral]].<ref>[http://fox13now.com/2015/02/12/she-said-what-possibly-the-most-awkward-answer-ever-shouted-on-game-show/ She said what? Possibly the most awkward answer ever shouted on game show] [[KSTU]] (02/12/2015)</ref> | |||
In their song ''[[Ich Tu Dir Weh]]'' from the album ''[[Liebe ist für Alle Da]]'', the German metal band [[Rammstein]] refers to this practice: "Wünsch' dir was ich sag' nicht nein / Und führ' dir Nagetiere ein." which translates into "What you wish, I don't say no / And insert rodents into you."<ref>https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/ich-tu-dir-weh-i-hurt-you.html</ref> Furthermore, while performing on stage, the band's singer [[Till Lindemann]] occasionally resorts to suggestive gestures that make the meaning of the lyrics quite explicit.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XfJEhGlCzc</ref> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[ | * [[Sodomy]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Zoophilia]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references | <references/> | ||
== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
* <!-- ref name=Dresser1994 -->{{cite journal|title=The Case of the Missing Gerbil|author=Norine Dresser|date=July 1994|volume=53|issue=3|pages= | * <!-- ref name=Dresser1994 -->{{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}} | ||
* <!-- ref name=Snopes2001 -->{{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]]}} | * <!-- ref name=Snopes2001 -->{{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]]}} | ||
* <!-- ref name=StraightDope1986 -->{{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]]}} | * <!-- ref name=StraightDope1986 -->{{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]]}} | ||
* <!-- ref name=Vorpagel1988 -->{{cite journal|author=Becky Vorpagel| | * <!-- ref name=Vorpagel1988 -->{{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}} | ||
* <!-- ref name=Hu2012 -->{{cite web|url=http://www.theawl.com/2012/11/a-complete-history-of-gerbiling-so-far|title=A Complete History Of Gerbiling So Far|date=2012-11-19|author=Jane Hu|work=[[The Awl]]}} | |||
* Plaintiffs' Response, Conseco Services, L.L.C., v. Alexander, 2009 WL 2492186 (D.Kan.)(case where former employee created websites that suggested other employees utilized gerbils as a sexual prop). [https://ecf.ksd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2009cv2130-169 Court Order] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://larvatus.livejournal.com/234912.html A study of felching and gerbiling in language, culture, and popular imagination.] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130455/http://larvatus.livejournal.com/234912.html A study of felching and gerbiling in language, culture, and popular imagination.] | ||
[[Category:Anal eroticism]] | [[Category:Anal eroticism]] | ||
[[Category:Gerbils]] | |||
[[Category:Sexual urban legends]] | [[Category:Sexual urban legends]] | ||
[[Category:Zoophilia]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 2 April 2023
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Gerbilling, also known as gerbil stuffing or gerbil shooting, is a rumoured sexual practice of inserting small live animals (usually gerbils but also mice, hamsters, rats and various other rodents) into the human rectum to obtain stimulation. Some variations of reports suggest that the rodent be covered in a psychoactive substance such as cocaine prior to being inserted.
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 man. In subsequent versions of the story, the animal was a gerbil and the story applied to several male celebrities.[1][2] Rumors surrounding various male celebrities engaging in gerbilling have become persistent urban legends.[1][3][4]
As of the mid-1980s, there were no reports in peer-reviewed medical literature describing gerbilling among the variety of rectal foreign objects removed from people's bodies.[5][6]
Mike Walker, a National Enquirer gossip columnist, spent months attempting to verify the gerbilling rumors about a celebrity. "I've never worked harder on a story in my life," Walker told the Palm Beach Post in 1995. After much investigation, he was unable to find any evidence that a gerbilling incident ever happened: "I'm convinced that it's nothing more than an urban legend."[7]
Dan Savage, a sex-advice columnist who frequently discusses unusual sexual practices, stated in 2013 that he has never received a first-hand or even a second-hand account of the practice.[8]
According to the editors of Snopes.com, gerbilling is an unverified and persistent urban legend.[1]
In the song "Fack" from his 2005 album Curtain Call: The Hits, rapper Eminem recites a verse about gerbilling. "Now see that gerbil, grab that tube/stick it up my butt/let that little rascal nibble on my asshole".[9]
A February 2015 episode of Family Feud featured a woman who immediately answered "a gerbil" when host Steve Harvey asked "Name something a doctor would pull out of a person." The response produced prolonged laughter from the audience and a stunned silence from Harvey; even the other contestant at the podium burst out laughing over her response. The clip of the scene from the episode quickly went viral.[10]
In their song Ich Tu Dir Weh from the album Liebe ist für Alle Da, the German metal band Rammstein refers to this practice: "Wünsch' dir was ich sag' nicht nein / Und führ' dir Nagetiere ein." which translates into "What you wish, I don't say no / And insert rodents into you."[11] Furthermore, while performing on stage, the band's singer Till Lindemann occasionally resorts to suggestive gestures that make the meaning of the lyrics quite explicit.[12]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Barbara and David P. Mikkelson (2001-11-18). "From Gere to eternity". Urban Legends Reference Pages. snopes.com. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Brunvand, Jan Harold (2001). "The Colo-Rectal Mouse". Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 81. ISBN 978-1-57607-076-5. ISBN 9781576070765
- ↑ Brunvand, Jan Harold (2001). "Gerbiling". Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 166. ISBN 978-1-57607-076-5. ISBN 9781576070765
- ↑ "Gerbilling Mishap Injures Two". About.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Adams, Cecil (1986). "Is It True What they Say About Gerbils?" The Straight Dope, March 28, 1986.
- ↑ Busch, D. B.; Starling, J. R. (1986). "Rectal foreign bodies: case reports and a comprehensive review of the world's literature". Surgery. 100 (3): 512–519. PMID 3738771.
- ↑ Young, Paul (2002). L.A. Exposed: Strange Myths and Curious Legends in the City of Angels. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 20. ISBN 978-0312206468.
- ↑ Dan Savage (March 20, 2013). "Gerbils? Again?". thestranger.com.
- ↑ Top 50 Grossest Rap Lyrics Complex.com (03/27/2013)
- ↑ She said what? Possibly the most awkward answer ever shouted on game show KSTU (02/12/2015)
- ↑ https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/ich-tu-dir-weh-i-hurt-you.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XfJEhGlCzc
Further reading
- Norine Dresser (July 1994). "The Case of the Missing Gerbil". Western Folklore. 53 (3): 229–242. JSTOR 1499810.
- Barbara and David P. Mikkelson (2001-11-18). "From Gere to Eternity". Urban Legends Reference Pages.
- Cecil Adams (1986-03-28). "Is it true what they say about gerbils?". The Straight Dope.
- Becky Vorpagel (1988). "A rodent by Any Other Name: Implications of a Contemporary Legend". International Folklore Review. 6: 53–57.
- Jane Hu (2012-11-19). "A Complete History Of Gerbiling So Far". The Awl.
- Plaintiffs' Response, Conseco Services, L.L.C., v. Alexander, 2009 WL 2492186 (D.Kan.)(case where former employee created websites that suggested other employees utilized gerbils as a sexual prop). Court Order