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'''Pegging''' is an ] act in which a woman penetrates a man's ] with a ].<ref>{{cite book | title=The Pegging Book: A Complete Guide to Anal Sex with a Strap-On Dildo | publisher=Thornapple Press | author=Cooper S. Beckett and Lyndzi Miller | year=2022 | pages=xii, 7-8, 10, 12-14, 15 | isbn=9781778242090}}</ref>


==Terminology==
] and ]]]
'''Pegging''' is a sexual practice in which a woman penetrates a man's anus with a ]. The ] "pegging" was popularized when it became the winning entry in a contest in ]'s '']'' sex advice column, held after an observation was made that there was no common name for the act.<ref name=sl>These three links chronicle how the term ''pegging'' came into usage. The ] "pegging" was popularized due to the sex education movie '']'' released in 1998. After, it became the winning entry in a contest for the "]" sex advice column, held by ] in 2001 upon observing that except for the phrase "Strap On Sex" used by Queen and her partner Robert in their national lecture series (Robert was the original Bend Over Boyfriend at the Good Vibrations lectures), the concept lacked a common name and there was no dictionary entry for the act.<ref name="sl">These three links chronicle how the term ''pegging'' came into usage.
* , May 24, 2001 * {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015503/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=7446 |date=2020-11-12 }}, May 24, 2001
* , June 7, 2001 * {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002015828/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=7576 |date=2019-10-02 }}, June 7, 2001
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210005330/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=7730 |date=2020-12-10 }}, June 21, 2001</ref><ref name=":0">{{Harvp|Beckett|Miller|2022|p=|loc=foreword by Tristan Taormino}}</ref> Other words include "buggery" or "]", but these refer to anal sex in general.<ref name=":0" /> "Strap-on sex" can be used for vaginal or anal intercourse between people of any gender using a strap-on, and is thus less precise than pegging.<ref name=":1">{{Harvp|Beckett|Miller|2022|loc="what is pegging?"}}</ref> Some ] people prefer "strap-on sex" instead of "pegging" because they feel the latter is too ] and ] centric.<ref name=":1" />
* , June 21, 2001<br></ref>


Beckett and Miller use "pegger" and "peggee" to refer to the person penetrating and the person being penetrated; ] are also used.<ref name=":1" /> According to Savage, while the classic definition involves a man being penetrated by a woman, the definition has expanded to include all genders and sexualities, as long as it involves anal sex with a strap-on.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Feast |first1=Fancy |title=How Pegging Became More Mainstream |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/fancyfeast/what-is-pegging-pegtok-broad-city-pegging-episode |publisher=] |access-date=17 November 2024 |date=28 June 2022}}</ref>
==Pleasurable aspects==
The act of pegging can be enjoyable for both partners.


==Practice==
===Physical pleasure===
Pegging is penetrative sex with a ], usually anal penetration. It is usually defined as a practice in which a woman penetrates the anus of a man.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> The woman uses a strap-on dildo, often a ] phallus, attached with a harness, or a strapless dildo (that also penetrates the pegger).<ref name=":1" /> ] is also used.<ref name=":1" />
{{Main|Strap-on dildo}}
In terms of physical pleasure, women may get direct stimulation from the base of the dildo, or in the case of a ], from vaginal penetration. A woman can use a secondary ], between the dildo and her ], to get pleasure from pegging. Men may find stimulation of the anus, rectum, and adjacent organs, and particularly the ], enjoyable, which can lead to an ]. Some men enjoy ] during pegging.


According to ], gender and gender roles can play an important part in pegging.<ref name=":0" /> Pegging reverses traditional ] heterosexual ] in sexual practices: the man is penetrated by the woman, becoming passive rather than active.<ref name=":0" /> Sex researcher D. J. Williams states that, for many, pegging reflects ] themes of dominance and submission.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Melancon |first1=Sarah |title=How Common Is Pegging|url=https://www.womens-health.com/pegging-statistics#what-is-pegging |publisher=Women's Health Interactive |access-date=17 November 2024 |date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
===Psychological pleasure===
Some people who engage in pegging may find pleasure in the psychological aspects of ] which can be evoked through the practice. In particular, it is quite common for a ] roleplay to culminate in a pegging. Given the stigma associated with anal sex (and its association with male homosexuality), some people, many of them ], derive enjoyment from the associated ]. Advice columnist Dan Savage wrote that he believes all men should try pegging at least once, as it may introduce them to a new enjoyable sexual activity and illuminate them to the receiver's perspective in sex.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} A man may ] in ] - usually particularly feminine lingerie such as ], ] and high heeled shoes. This completion of the role reversal can be deeply erotic for some. Some people, particularly ] people or those who engage in ] may enjoy the ]-transgressive aspects of pegging. Some females may enjoy the feeling of having a "simulated penis."


Evaluating queer opinions on "queering straightness", feminist author ] notes that "some have hypothesized that gender-subversive sex acts themselves, like pegging, could be a backdoor route to undermining men's patriarchal authority by redefining hetero-masculinity as receptive and vulnerable".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ward |first1=Jane |author1-link=Jane Ward |title=The Tragedy of Heterosexuality |date=March 2022 |publisher=] |isbn=978-1-4798-0446-7 |page=156 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Tragedy_of_Heterosexuality/NL5HEAAAQBAJ?hl=en |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref> Based on ] and ] theories, Jonathan Branfman and Susan Stiritz argue in the '']'' that men's anal receptivity disrupts rigid ] of sex, gender, and ], which they believe to be "]s".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Branfman |first1=Jonathan |last2=Ekberg Stiritz |first2=Susan |title=Teaching Men's Anal Pleasure: Challenging Gender Norms with “Prostage” Education |journal=] |date=14 December 2012 |volume=7 |issue=4|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15546128.2012.740951 |access-date=9 November 2024 |issn=1554-6128}}</ref> Queer-feminist ] attributes the acceptance of pegging to the ] community's influence in deconstructing gender boundaries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taormino |first1=Tristan |author1-link=Tristan Taormino |title=The Queer Heterosexual |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203233044/http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0319%2Ctaormino%2C43795%2C24.html |publisher=] |access-date=17 November 2024 |date=3 December 2007}}</ref>
==Instructional materials==
A few instructional movies and books have emerged in recent years, including ], produced by Fatale Media, Inc., and directed by Shar Rednour, SIR Video co-founder.


There are varying views among ] on the use of strap-ons in sex. Some feminists argue that strap-on sex imitates patriarchal structures and undermines feminist ideals, asserting that fantasies should align with ethical principles. They criticize feminists who engage in strap-on sex as hypocritical. However, others share these concerns but question whether politics should be brought into the bedroom, while some opposes the notion that strap-on sex is inherently tied to patriarchy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Luxx |first1=Lisa |title=Is it "Feminist" To Wear a Strap-On? |url=https://slutever.com/feminist-strap-on/ |publisher=]|access-date=17 November 2024 |date=31 May 2019}}</ref> Sex columnist ] shares that, in discourse with female friends who enjoy pegging, she found that they separate politics from sex, even if it deviates from feminism or tends toward patriarchy. One friend described the experience as "fun and powerful", ironically calling it "]". Another sees it as a "therapeutic tool" for empowerment. Though Sciortino holds opposing views, she concludes that if the aim of sex is intimacy and pleasure, perhaps politics should be set aside.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sciortino |first1=Karley|author1-link=Karley Sciortino|title=Why (Some) Women Love Strap-Ons|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/breathless-karley-sciortino-strap-ons |publisher=]|access-date=17 November 2024|date=20 January 2016}}</ref>
==Pegging in pornography==
Pegging has recently been featured in a number of ]s; the first pegging scene (long before the term was developed) appears to have been in the non-pornographic 1970 film '']'', based on the novel of the same name by ], although it was not explicit. The first such explicit scene is believed to have occurred in the 1975 film '']''. In the 21st century, female-to-male strap-on pornography has suddenly become a flourishing industry in the U.S., with such a high market value that a number of studios focused primarily on this subject started producing dedicated series about it. The most notable ones are '']'' (black women on white men), ''Babes Balling Boys'', which currently has sixteen editions, ''Strap Attack'', ''Strap-on Sirenz'', ''Strap-on Chicks'', ''Boss Bitches'', which currently has over two dozen editions, various movies produced by ], and San Francisco-based ''Men In Pain''. It is unclear what triggered the increasing popularity of this genre, but there are now several hundred exclusively pegging titles, as well as twice as many more ] and straight films with strap-on scenes. Well-known female ] who have professed an enjoyment of strap-on pegging with male partners include ], ], and ]. When questioned about her particular ] Monique Covét memorably replied, "If we women have to take it from behind, then why not a man?"<ref></ref>


⚫ ==In popular culture==
==Cultural aspects==
{{In popular culture|section|date=April 2022}}
The theatre company have an entire theatrical performance devoted to "spreading the word about the pleasures of prostate stimulation and strap-on sex." The show has toured nationally and won Best Comedy at the 2008 ].
According to Beckett and Miller (2022), most popular representations of pegging are derogatory, negative or even amounting to ].<ref name=":2">{{Harvp|Beckett|Miller|2022|p=|loc="media representation of pegging"}}</ref>


Long before the term was coined as such, there is a depiction of pegging in the ] 1959 novel '']''. The dildo used in the scene is called a Steely Dan III, and is the source from which the musical group ] takes its name.<ref>{{cite book | title=Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years | first=Brian | last=Sweet | publisher=Omnibus Press | year=2000 | isbn=0-7119-8279-1 | page= | url=https://archive.org/details/steelydanreelini0000swee/page/42 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steelydan.com/faq.html |title=Official Steely Dan FAQ |access-date=July 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127050212/http://www.steelydan.com/faq.html |archive-date=January 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 1970 film '']'' depicted a pegging scene where Myra ] with a strapon dildo.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chia-wen Kuo (Veronique Kwak)|title=Navigating Cybercultures|date=1 January 2013|publisher=]|isbn=978-1-84888-163-1|pages=181–191|url=https://brill.com/display/book/9781848881631/BP000018.xml|access-date=6 March 2024|chapter=The Subversive Plasticity of Posthuman Womanhood in the Cases of Vidal's Myra Breckinridge and Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Spitznagel|first1=Eric|title=Raquel Welch Hopes People Don't See Her as a "Wretched, Horrible Bitch"|url=https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19554879/raquel-welch/|publisher=]|access-date=6 March 2024|date=8 March 2012}}</ref> The first explicit pegging scene is believed to be the 1976 pornographic film '']''.<ref name=nault/> ] describes a pegging act in his 1795 book '']''.<ref>{{cite book | title=La Philosophie dans le boudoir | trans-title=Filozofija v budoarju ali Nemoralni učitelj | first=Marquis | last=Sade | date=2010 | language=sl | location=Ljubljana | isbn=978-961-6789-14-1 | publisher=Center za slovensko književnost | page=110 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Philosophy in the Boudoir: Or, The Immoral Mentors |page=74|isbn=0-14-303901-6|publisher=Penguin Classics|year=2006}}</ref> '']'' (1998) is based on a series of lectures and workshops by Robert Lawrence and ]. ''Bend Over Boyfriend'' originally inspired ] to call the act "BOBing" but his readers subsequently voted on the winning term, "pegging".<ref name=nault>{{cite journal|journal=]|number=52|date=Summer 2010|title=Bend Over Boyfriend to Take it Like a Man: pegging pornography and the queer representation of straight sex|first=Curran|last=Nault|url=http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/naultPegging/|access-date=July 5, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181831/http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/naultPegging/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The practice has received burgeoning "mainstream attention" in the online world.<ref>"Pegging gets mainstream attention and kinky porn gets rightfully slapped upside its head" http://maybemaimed.blogspot.com/2007/08/pegging-gets-mainstream-attention-and.html</ref>


Since the coinage of "pegging", it was featured in the TV show '']'', on the episode "]" (2006).<ref name="nault" /> Here, pegging appears to be non-consensual and is played as a joke towards the male character being forced into anal sex.<ref name=":2">{{Harvp|Beckett|Miller|2022|p=|loc="media representation of pegging"}}</ref> In the episode "Knockoffs" of the sitcom '']'', Abbi (]) turns to friends and family for advice regarding Jeremy's request for pegging.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jezebel.com/last-nights-broad-city-was-all-about-pegging-1683966138 |title=Last Night's ''Broad City'' Was All About Pegging |first=Clover |last=Hope |date=February 5, 2015 |publisher=] |access-date=July 5, 2016 |archive-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716154315/http://jezebel.com/last-nights-broad-city-was-all-about-pegging-1683966138 |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, Jacobson called it "the best episode we've ever done".<ref>{{cite web|last=Chan|first=Mi-Anne|title=Abbi Jacobson Thinks Broad City's Pegging Episode Was 'The Best' One They've Done|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/06/abbi-jacobson-thinks-pegging-ep-was-the-best.html|publisher=]|access-date=16 March 2024|date=24 June 2015}}</ref> In the 2016 film '']'', there is a brief pegging scene. In the 2016 film '']'', Wade is pegged by his girlfriend Vanessa, commemorating ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.refinery29.com/2016/02/102804/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-review-full-frontal-nudity|title=We Need to Talk About the Pegging Scene in ''Deadpool''|first=Lauren|last=Le Vine|date=February 9, 2016|publisher=]|access-date=July 5, 2016|archive-date=July 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707112445/http://www.refinery29.com/2016/02/102804/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-review-full-frontal-nudity|url-status=live}}</ref> In ]'s 2017 film '']'', Chloé pegs Paul. Ozon stated that this scene, where the woman penetrates the man, "aligns with the ] that I advocate for".<ref>{{cite web|last=Boivin|first=Justine|title=François Ozon et son Amant Double, virtuose schizophrénie|url=https://www.journaldesfemmes.fr/loisirs/cinema/1848397-francois-ozon-amant-double/|publisher=Le Journal des femmes |access-date=16 March 2024|language=fr|date=26 May 2017}}</ref> In the episode "To Peg Or Not To Peg" of the TV series '']'', Kat pegs Cody.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Bold Type Season 4 Episode 6 Review: To Peg or Not to Peg|url=https://www.tvfanatic.com/2020/02/the-bold-type-season-4-episode-6-review-to-peg-or-not-to-peg/|last=Frey|first=Meaghan|date=2020-02-27|website=TV Fanatic|language=en|access-date=2020-05-26|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806070819/https://www.tvfanatic.com/2020/02/the-bold-type-season-4-episode-6-review-to-peg-or-not-to-peg/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the ] 2021, ] wore a vest printed with the slogan "Peg the Patriarchy", garnering media attention. Speaking about it, she said: "It's about ], ]—it’s a bit like, 'stick it to the man',".<ref>{{cite web|last=Zhou|first=Maggie|title='Peg The Patriarchy': Activism Fashion Has Its Moment At The 2021 Met Gala|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2021/09/10673765/activism-fashion-2021-met-gala|publisher=]|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref>
==Examples in popular media==
⚫ {{In popular culture|date=June 2009}}
===Film===
*There is a pegging scene in the movie '']'' based on ] by ].
*There is a depiction of pegging in the ] novel '']''. The dildo used in the scene is called a Steely Dan III, and is the source from which the musical group ] takes its name<ref></ref>.
*Pegging is mentioned in the ] short story "]", from his book '']''.
*The award winning 1992 movie '']'' by Japanese director ] features an SM-Scene with a ] pegging her customer.
*The character Abby pegs her husband, Andrew, in the film '']''.
*Two characters from 2008 comedy movie '']'' also perform an act of pegging.


===Television=== ==References==
{{reflist}}
*Pegging was featured in the television show '']'', during the episode "]," in a scene where Andy Botwin, expecting to have sex with Yael Hoffman in her apartment, is surprised when she refuses to have vaginal sex with him, and dons a large strap-on.<ref></ref> A similar scene was also featured in the UK comedy '']''. Jeremy and his girlfriend decide to act out each other's biggest fantasy. After having Jeremy's threesome, his girlfriend takes him to a bedroom. He doesn't know what she intends; she turns around and is wearing a large strap-on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/P/peep_show/series3_episode1.html|title=Episode One: Mugging (11 November, 2005)|accessdate=2007-05-06|publisher=Channel 4}}</ref><ref></ref>
*One of the plot threads begun in the pilot episode of '']'' involved Lucy Spiller blackmailing basketball superstar and "family man" Prince Tyreese for story information on a missing (and murdered, as it is revealed) rap star after entrapping Tyreese with photos of him being pegged by a prostitute, Stormy (played by pornographic actress ]), whom Lucy had hired for precisely such purpose.
*]'s Manchester-based comedy/drama '']'' also regularly featured Sheila, ] then girlfriend in strap-on episodes.
*BBC's program '']'' featured a scene where an 18-year-old topless model surprises her boss (with whom she's about to undertake sexual intercourse) by wearing a strap-on.
*WIN Television Gippsland showed a controversial clip which involved Ryan Pollock in 2005, due to public critisism the clip was only shown once.
It also featured in the (TV series)Bonkers staring Liza Tarbuck.


===Music=== ==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Beckett |first1=Cooper S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3HZ5EAAAQBAJ |title=The Pegging Book: A Complete Guide to Anal Sex with a Strap-On Dildo |last2=Miller |first2=Lyndzi |date=2022-10-14 |publisher=Thorntree Press LLC |isbn=978-1-952125-22-5 |language=en}}
*Singer/songwriter/record producer ] has a song titled "Back it Up, Boys" about pegging on her album '']'', and on her album '']: Expanded'', the song "Casanova" on the bonus disc mentions pegging.


===Comic books=== ==Further reading==
⚫ * ] (2007) ''The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex''. ]. {{ISBN|1-57344-278-X}}
*In ]'s series '']'', it's hinted that the main villain, ], is regularly pegged by prostitutes after a sexual assault leaves him unable to enjoy vaginal sex. Also published by ] is the graphic novel '']''. In chapter 6 Miami, a heroine, pegs villain Tex Porneu.
⚫ * ] (2006) '']''. Cleis Press {{ISBN|1-57344-028-0}}


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==See also==
{{Commonscat|Pegging}}
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{{Spoken Misplaced Pages|Pegging.ogg|date=2011-03-23}}
* ]


{{Dan Savage}}
==References==
{{reflist}} {{BDSM}}
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== Books ==
⚫ * ]: ''The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex'', Cleis Press, 2007, ISBN 157344278X
⚫ * ]: '']'', (Cleis Press, 1997/2006) ISBN 1-57344-028-0

==External links==
===Savage Love===
These three links chronicle how the term ''pegging'' came into usage.
* , May 24, 2001
* , June 7, 2001
* , June 21, 2001
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Use of a strap-on dildo to penetrate another person's anus

A naked man is on all fours. A naked woman is knelt behind him wearing a strapped dildo. The woman is preparing to penetrate the man's anus with the dildo.
A woman pegging a man in the doggy style position

Pegging is an anal sex act in which a woman penetrates a man's anus with a strap-on dildo.

Terminology

The neologism "pegging" was popularized due to the sex education movie Bend Over Boyfriend released in 1998. After, it became the winning entry in a contest for the "Savage Love" sex advice column, held by Dan Savage in 2001 upon observing that except for the phrase "Strap On Sex" used by Queen and her partner Robert in their national lecture series (Robert was the original Bend Over Boyfriend at the Good Vibrations lectures), the concept lacked a common name and there was no dictionary entry for the act. Other words include "buggery" or "sodomy", but these refer to anal sex in general. "Strap-on sex" can be used for vaginal or anal intercourse between people of any gender using a strap-on, and is thus less precise than pegging. Some queer people prefer "strap-on sex" instead of "pegging" because they feel the latter is too hetero and cis centric.

Beckett and Miller use "pegger" and "peggee" to refer to the person penetrating and the person being penetrated; "top" and "bottom" are also used. According to Savage, while the classic definition involves a man being penetrated by a woman, the definition has expanded to include all genders and sexualities, as long as it involves anal sex with a strap-on.

Practice

Pegging is penetrative sex with a strap-on dildo, usually anal penetration. It is usually defined as a practice in which a woman penetrates the anus of a man. The woman uses a strap-on dildo, often a silicone phallus, attached with a harness, or a strapless dildo (that also penetrates the pegger). Lubricant is also used.

According to Tristan Taormino, gender and gender roles can play an important part in pegging. Pegging reverses traditional cisgender heterosexual gender roles in sexual practices: the man is penetrated by the woman, becoming passive rather than active. Sex researcher D. J. Williams states that, for many, pegging reflects BDSM themes of dominance and submission.

Evaluating queer opinions on "queering straightness", feminist author Jane Ward notes that "some have hypothesized that gender-subversive sex acts themselves, like pegging, could be a backdoor route to undermining men's patriarchal authority by redefining hetero-masculinity as receptive and vulnerable". Based on feminist and queer theories, Jonathan Branfman and Susan Stiritz argue in the American Journal of Sexuality Education that men's anal receptivity disrupts rigid norms of sex, gender, and sexuality, which they believe to be "social constructs". Queer-feminist Tristan Taormino attributes the acceptance of pegging to the queer community's influence in deconstructing gender boundaries.

There are varying views among feminists on the use of strap-ons in sex. Some feminists argue that strap-on sex imitates patriarchal structures and undermines feminist ideals, asserting that fantasies should align with ethical principles. They criticize feminists who engage in strap-on sex as hypocritical. However, others share these concerns but question whether politics should be brought into the bedroom, while some opposes the notion that strap-on sex is inherently tied to patriarchy. Sex columnist Karley Sciortino shares that, in discourse with female friends who enjoy pegging, she found that they separate politics from sex, even if it deviates from feminism or tends toward patriarchy. One friend described the experience as "fun and powerful", ironically calling it "Freudian bullshit". Another sees it as a "therapeutic tool" for empowerment. Though Sciortino holds opposing views, she concludes that if the aim of sex is intimacy and pleasure, perhaps politics should be set aside.

In popular culture

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According to Beckett and Miller (2022), most popular representations of pegging are derogatory, negative or even amounting to sexual assault.

Long before the term was coined as such, there is a depiction of pegging in the William S. Burroughs 1959 novel Naked Lunch. The dildo used in the scene is called a Steely Dan III, and is the source from which the musical group Steely Dan takes its name. The 1970 film Myra Breckinridge depicted a pegging scene where Myra rapes a man with a strapon dildo. The first explicit pegging scene is believed to be the 1976 pornographic film The Opening of Misty Beethoven. Marquis de Sade describes a pegging act in his 1795 book Philosophy in the Bedroom. Bend Over Boyfriend (1998) is based on a series of lectures and workshops by Robert Lawrence and Carol Queen. Bend Over Boyfriend originally inspired Dan Savage to call the act "BOBing" but his readers subsequently voted on the winning term, "pegging".

Since the coinage of "pegging", it was featured in the TV show Weeds, on the episode "Crush Girl Love Panic" (2006). Here, pegging appears to be non-consensual and is played as a joke towards the male character being forced into anal sex. In the episode "Knockoffs" of the sitcom Broad City, Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) turns to friends and family for advice regarding Jeremy's request for pegging. Subsequently, Jacobson called it "the best episode we've ever done". In the 2016 film The Do-Over, there is a brief pegging scene. In the 2016 film Deadpool, Wade is pegged by his girlfriend Vanessa, commemorating International Women's Day. In François Ozon's 2017 film Double Lover, Chloé pegs Paul. Ozon stated that this scene, where the woman penetrates the man, "aligns with the feminist film that I advocate for". In the episode "To Peg Or Not To Peg" of the TV series The Bold Type, Kat pegs Cody. At the Met Gala 2021, Cara Delevingne wore a vest printed with the slogan "Peg the Patriarchy", garnering media attention. Speaking about it, she said: "It's about women empowerment, gender equality—it’s a bit like, 'stick it to the man',".

References

  1. Cooper S. Beckett and Lyndzi Miller (2022). The Pegging Book: A Complete Guide to Anal Sex with a Strap-On Dildo. Thornapple Press. pp. xii, 7–8, 10, 12–14, 15. ISBN 9781778242090.
  2. These three links chronicle how the term pegging came into usage.
  3. ^ Beckett & Miller (2022), foreword by Tristan Taormino
  4. ^ Beckett & Miller (2022), "what is pegging?"
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