New York Magazine story

Nymag.com/news/features/sex/fetishes-2013-7

Enemas are one of the topics discussed, as are diapers.

The author's reference to cultural/ethnic origins is almost certainly biased by being a NYC magazine. Those legions of us who do not match those definitions know how much more varied we all are.

I am mystified by the narrow group of people they believe are enema users. I have to give that some thought.

The rest of the story was interesting theroy...........good bar room discussion.

Having got the vast majority of enema-lovers so ridiculously wrong, does the author deserve to be believed about any of the countless other sexual minorities he mentions?

I just read the article and find that the statement was made in ignorance. In the public's eye the enema bag has all but disappeared, (sent into little boxes in the feminine hygiene isle of the supermarket). However there have never been more companies offering and manufacturing enema equipment than now. The internet is full of them.

If we are to believe the article, who the hell is buying all of this stuff. I routinely see people in the checkout lines with more than one Fleet. Costco even offers a super deal on a huge quantity of them.

Give the author a high colonic enema with lots of Ivory soap suds and send him to bed.

Thanks for sharing the NY Magazine link. It does give the enema lover short shrift, i.e., many unaccounted for kinksters of our sort. Good point re: how many companies seem to be thriving selling this obscure (lol!) equipment on line.

A enurse told me that she doesn't get many referrals because people don't talk to there buddies about getting an enema and this is true. But like you said who is buying all the enema kits hoses and nozzles? How do we bring enemas into the 21 century and let people know that they are good for you .

"...but those that do exist tend to be older Jewish men of Eastern European descent..."

Wonder how the author figured that out?? Since I am none of the above, I must be one of the "outliers"!

Seriously, I think enema enthusiasts come in all shapes and sizes, of most any ethnic background and certainly across the age spectrum (I was in line behind a 20-something young woman at Costco who was buying a six pack of Fleets enemas last week!). There is no doubt that the proliferation of enema equipment available online would be far harder to find if there were not a myriad of enema lovers in the world. For the author to relegate enema use to such a narrow demographic simply proves the research for the story was less than exhaustive...especially when it comes to our favorite proclivity!

Have fun and play safe...whoever or wherever you are!!

Deb

They should go on e-bay and type in enema they usually have at least 5-6 pages of equiptment someone is buying,thats where I would start my research...just saying!

The problem with newspaper and magazine articles, especially when it comes to subjects not freely spoken about in polite society, is that they invariably sensationalize, to create controversy. That is always the first prize for any publication, because with controversy comes increased interest, and with interest comes increased circulation figures.

Apologies for sounding a bit cynical here, but I've had more than one first-hand run-in with stuff that was hopelessly misrepresented by the media, for this very reason. My dad always used to say: "A newspaper always carries 3 things. The truth, half-truths and lies. All the reports are lies. The weather forecast is a half-truth. The only real truth you'll find in there is the publication date."

I think he was right. 😁

I agree - the common thread is that we are all indeed as varied as the individual person/people that we are. Fetishes are fun, fun, fun and more FUN!!!

As magazine articles go, this one was breezy, snazzy and well written, the writer is a pro at his profession ... which happens to be journalism, not science. He´s not doing much more than asking (rhetorical) questions and then mixing up a large number of odd and entertaining anecdotal gossip, rumors and some facts here and there, preferably about Very Famous People.

But despite the wordcraft, it´s still just another piece of trendy journalism and in a few years it will be passée and outdated when the next new fad hits town.

In a certain way the article reminds me of the scientific paper written on enemas by Dr Joan Denko many years ago. She too apparently decided to tackle an unusual subject and then present her findings it to the scientific community. To me it seemed as way off the mark as the above article, really missing the essence.

And what totally mystified me, or rather made me realize how limited the journalists knowledge is, was when he mentioned uncircumcised penises as being something so far out of the ordinary that liking them is the same order as having a fetish ... I mean come on fellow ... uncircumcised happens to be the vast majority in the world. If you don´t know that simple basic fact, maybe it´s not a good idea to write about sexual fetishes ...

To debgurl, the 20-something woman buying a six-pack of Fleet enemas may have been using them as a "douche" before anal sex. I'd suggest that's a little more likely than her being an enema fetishist, as most of us enjoy the filling, the different nozzles, etc.

Bujt that's for the observation. I'll have to keep my eyes open at the checkout line!

I picked up a copy of this magazine on a trip to NYC several years ago. It was in this very magazine that I found an advertisement for my first e-nurse experience. NYC is a great destination for an enema. Makes me want to go back to re-live those wonderful experiences.

I am a Jewish man of Eastern European descent. Hmm. 😃

I am a Jewish man of Eastern European descent. Hmm. 😃

Stereotypes are really annoying, especially if they are erroneous to begin with ... ha ha

Frankly, I found the article fascinating, in a tongue in cheek sort of way. The author actually gave every fetish he mentioned a quick and light brush stroke. If you look at it as a whole, his main theme seems to be that he is amazed (and perhaps amused) by all of the varried ways that people exercise their sexuality. Is he way off base about enemas, YES, but he didn't put us down. Thank goodness Al Gore invented the internet! (You DO believe that he did, don't you?) Before the openness of this vehicle, I suspect that most of us, as did I, thought we were wierd or screwed up in some way because we love enemas. We now know that there are many people just like us, and I suspect many, many more who share our fetish but haven't found their way here. Enough said, I think I'll go absorb some hot soapy water!

Interesting article. Thanks for posting the link, but -- disappointingly -- it contains very little about enemas. To me the most interesting sentence in the long article was near the end, talking about a researcher studying female arousal: "Women, she has found, are turned on by just about everything." Now that truly brings a smile to my face. Actually, I've found it seems to be true. Even the seemingly most a-sexual women can get kinky given the chance to overcome inhibitions for a while.