Donkey punch is a slang term for a sex move performed during doggy style vaginal or anal sex. The move involves the penetrating partner punching the penetrated partner in the back of the head or neck. The act is mostly encountered as a joke or urban legend as is often thought of as fictitious, but in recent years it has appeared occasionally in pornography. The first commercial recording of it may be in the 2004 JM Productions film Guttermouths 30, in which Alex Sanders punches Gia Paloma. Later it was featured extensively in the 2005 JM Productions film Donkey Punch.

The practice of hitting one's partner for sexual enjoyment is familiar (see sadism and masochism), but in the various joke-descriptions of the donkey punch more exotic rationales are often given for it. For example, sometimes it is said to cause the muscles around the vagina or anus to contract around the penis, giving enhanced pleasure to the active partner. In reality, punching someone in the back of the head (rabbit punching) can damage the brain stem, causing death or permanent injury. It is illegal in professional boxing for this reason. The donkey punch may also be prosecutable as assault or sexual assault, in some jurisdictions even if consent is given.

Cultural references

• Popular actor Danny Masterson, best known for his role as Stephen Hyde in That '70s Show, also works as a professional DJ under the moniker "Donkey Punch".
• In DJ Danger Mouse and MF Doom's album The Mouse and the Mask, MF Doom alludes to getting donkey punched on the track titled "Space Ho's".
• In the scandal over the corporation Enron manipulating the electricity market in California in order to reap soaring profits, fraudulent schemes designed by Enron traders were given "colorful names" including "Donkey Punch""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..
• The TV show NY (episode 116, "Hush") mentions the donkey punch as a sadomasochistic practice, trying to explain bruising on a subject.
• In the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force in the Episode "Frat Aliens". The drunk alien refers to himself as D.P. (short for Donkey Puncharello, King Donko of Punchstania, among other things).
• In the final episode of TV show Sealab 2021, "Legacy of Laughter", the Donkey Punch is mentioned by Hesh when he appears in disguise asking questions.SeaLab 2021. "Legacy of Laughter" Episode no. 52, first broadcast 25 April 2005 by Cartoon Network.
• Liberty Meadows writer Frank Cho had an episode censored because it centered around around the graphic explanation of what a Donkey Punch was.
• South Park Episode 507 - Proper Condom Use, during the closing credits, Mr. Garrison is quizzing his Kindergarten class on various sexual postions, and Donkey Punch is one of many recalled by the students

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