Rectal Temps : more physical or psychological?

I hope this topic hasn't already been posted. I searched some and didn't find it, so here goes.

I was wondering what zity members thought about the pleasure/kink/fetish of rectal temps. Is it a more physically based sensation or more of a psychological sensation ? And of course maybe both?

But what turns you on most about rectal temperatures, whether being on the receiving end (no pun intended) or the giving end?

Consider the thermometer itself , and here I'm referring to the old fashioned glass type. Very slim and not very long. Not much to stimulate one's anal desires as compared to other anal devices such as dildos, vibrators, anal beads , etc.

Yes, it's usually covered with some type of lube, perhaps vaseline. Ah that slippery feeling ..LOL.

Just some of the physical attributes of the rectal thermometer to think about before you answer.

But now what about the psychological "side of the coin" so to speak.

Does you fascination with rectal temps go all the way back to early childhood? Is it some form of humiliation as part of fetish "play"? What is it about the psychological side gets your juices flowing?

Or is it a combination of both the physical and psychological and if so, how do you rate the division?

Waiting to hear your responses.

Both for sure.

They go hand in hand. Its like the nerve endings there really turn on and become electric when I am in a situation of sexual vulnerability. At the doctor yes I'm in a vulnerable position but its not sexual, so the excitement of having my anus touched or penetrated, say a DRE or proctoscope, isn't there. If I take my own rectal temp, it's wonderful but I have to fantasize, pretend someone is taking it, to make it more powerful. I have no memory of having an RT at a doctors office by the way.

But having my temperature taking rectally (by my wife and when it happened with a previous girlfriend long ago), that is completely sexual and I am very vulnerable, submissive. That's when the sensation is most powerful.

Just knowing that she is going to take my temperature rectally makes me begin to get hard. That's 100% psychological effect. As is hearing the cap of the vaseline open. As is knowing that she is looking at my bare bottom. Then feeling her fingers spreading my cheeks and feeling the cool air around my anus, that's very physical. And once the cool tip of the thermometer touches my exposed hole and enters and twists and moves in and out, then its a bit of an explosion of the psychological and the physical together. Not sure how to describe it because my brain goes into overload at that point.

I'm curious to read answers to this thread from both men and women. Wondering if it's more one or the other for each. Meaning, is it distinctly different for men compared to women?

For me it has always been a stronger sensation psychologically. There are of course, physical sensations, but as with most submissive acts, knowing you are not in control, knowing you are exposed, knowing you are vulnerable is very, very powerful. There is a unique physical sensation of the first cold touch of the lubricated bulb tip as it is slowly inserted that has no equal!

Great question. I believe that it involves both elements of submissiveness, namely, a psychological and physical reaction to what is being done when receiving a rectal temperature. For most of us, the rectum is a very private place and generally respected as such. Only when you go to a doctor is it possible to have it viewed, probed, or inspected.

For many, the RT is our first introduction into having an insertion of a thermometer into our rectum. Surely it's not likely register until a child is old enough to appreciate having his briefs off and a thermometer pushed into him. I suspect that by age 5 or so but not much earlier than this, it is crystal clear that this is “weird” and likely embarrassing.

I am also sure that when engaged in doctor play as a child, this may be one event that is reenacted along with giving a shot. It's not coincidental that these two things gain importance for psychological mastery in a sense. From then on, one's associations with a RT may grow if it continues to be a moment of distinction when seeing a medical professional.

I also think that one's sense of modesty becomes elevated such that there is now a very real awareness of what it means to “Undress for the doctor.” Many will have no control over just how undressed one has to become. For me, the moment of being stripped down just to my briefs or naked is the essence of submissiveness and the awakening of a mix of sensations and feelings then and when I am away from the exam room.

I hope that this helps explain my view of this and am eager to learn from the rest of the gang.

Nick

For me there has been both, more physical in the nuances of getting my rectal temperature taken and who might be taking it and where. Then too there is the psychological side which is intense.

For me it's both, being handled and talked to like a child and getting your most private area exposed and violated and not being able to do anything about it