OP is sounding. Very strange.
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2026
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I don't know if i didn't understand your joke or you mine :D
To explain mine: Sounding is a sexual practice where stimulation is caused by inserting objects in the urethra. This is done on male and female genitals and is typically seen as strange because it resembles a very unpleasant uro-medical procedure.
If I am in any position to stop you, please don't Image search for it.
Thank you🥺
Do you thank me for the explanation or the discovery of a new kink? /s
No, I just like it when someone explains something to me so politely🥺
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TIL this is called "sounding". I experience phantom pain just thinking about shoving anything up my urethra.
sounds good
It is if you do it right. Sterile silicone lube is essential, start small and slow. Also make sure your toys are sterile.
don't look up sounding. trust me on that one.
Because it feels good
Intensely? Not sure what you mean but I'd figure women would benefit from shorter. Less of a little tube to squeeze through should be less resistance.
Though if you're Hank Hill with a narrow urethra, I don't think you're peeing 'intensely' any time soon!
The shorter urethra, combined with the fact that men usually ejaculate during sex means women are at a significantly higher risk of UTIs than men from penetrative sex
So, everyone should pee afterwards
Bwaaahhh!
Wait until you discover the added pleasure of resisting the urge to piss to achieve a much kore satisfying experience ata later time!
Also, if you have an enlarged prostate, the back pressure of a full bladder makes it hard to get started and the flow is extremely slow, extending the duration of a piss.
Pure pleasure
Golden shower thought
Not when you are older. Then the pressure is all gone and you have to wait even longer for that piss to dribble out.
Should've masturbated more when you were younger. Kept that prostate lean and tight.
You're probably right. I guess I'll have to play catch-up, if I'm still able to. /s
The benefit it affords us is being able to easily write our name into snow. That can be pleasurable under certain conditions, mostly alcohol-infused ones. Beyond that the only pleasure I could possibly see is the relief to have made it to a toilet and not having pissed your pants when you were dying for a one. The length of the urethra is not relevant in that case. I've personally never pissed and thought the experience was physically pleasing - beyond what I've already mentioned.
Is it all innervated with sensory nerves? Otherwise, it is just like vaginas, that only really experience penetrations in the first few cms.
i read that yes, and they even stick something into there to have fun
It's called "sounding", and it's not exclusively men who do it
Women do as well, albeit less frequently than men
It's significantly easier for guys to do
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Ah yeah, the tantric approach to peeing.
Absolutely. Throw in a few big, airy farts and I need a cigarette.
😳🥵
yeah, i usually smile when i give golden showers
Yeah actually true. As a post op trans woman I've never thought about it, but yeah, those really good pisses are worse now. That said those really bad ones are less bad now
Suggesting that you, nonetheless, take a degree of pleasure in peeing?
The. What?
Yeah real actually
The answer is yes.
This is the root of vulva-havers not understanding why penis-havers don't want to sit while peeing.
It's fun to piss standing up when you have a penis.