As I scrolled by way of the standard information tales that litter my Twitter timeline every morning, the hashtag #PrinceOfPegging stood out from the remaining. The alliteration alone was sufficient to attract anybody in, however in the event you’re in any respect conversant in the sexual time period “pegging,” you recognize why it grew to become a extra clickable time period.
Pegging is one other phrase used for anal intercourse, although it was coined to refer particularly to the act of a cis, straight girl anally penetrating a cis, straight man with a strap-on dildo. This time period alone, nonetheless, brings up the query of whether or not the time period pegging reinforces dangerous stigmas related to queer intercourse.
Upon diving into Twitter’s newest trending hashtag, I noticed #PrinceOfPegging was created in response to an alleged royal affair. The gossip account DeuxMoi shared in an Instagram Story on Wednesday {that a} “British Royal extramarital affair” is “an open secret in London and amongst the English aristocrat, and is the speak of each social gathering.”
The nameless submission wrote, “I used to be instructed the true cause for affair was the royal’s love of pegging, which the spouse is much too old style to interact in. The spouse does not thoughts her [the affair partner] and actually prefers her husband getting his sexual wants fulfilled elsewhere, so long as issues do not turn out to be emotional, which was the case with the final girl.”
The web collectively determined that the blind merchandise referred to Prince William (regardless of this being merely hypothesis), thus, the #PrinceOfPegging hashtag was born, and the jokes started rolling in.
#PrinceOfPegging is my favourite new hashtag. Thanks William. pic.twitter.com/XnQCiyCxxq
— Katrina 🕊️🌸🛡️ (@dazzlegal) July 28, 2022
Now, whereas the #PrinceOfPegging could have began as a cheeky nod to this alleged royal affair, it took no time in any respect for the jokes to spiral into blatant homophobia. Loads of individuals made jokes about how solely homosexual males get pleasure from anal intercourse and that any man who enjoys pegging should really be homosexual, however this conclusion is dangerous for a variety of causes.
For one, it reinforces the stigma that exists round intercourse and sure intercourse acts. Anybody can get pleasure from anal intercourse (with or with out a strap-on), no matter sexual id. Additionally, it harms queer individuals. The jokes that query this unnamed royal’s sexuality are supposed to be emasculating; they’re utilizing the thought of queerness as a slur or insult, including to an extended checklist of how the LGBTQ+ group has been harmed due to stigma.
Grownup-sexuality and pleasure educator Goddess Cecilia says framing the act of pegging as “homosexual” in a derogatory manner solely leaves us all open to homophobia. “A lot of the homophobic tweets present how little complete, inclusive, and affirming intercourse schooling has been obtainable,” she says. “As an act, anal stimulation shouldn’t be reserved for one gender or one sexuality.”
It is also price nothing that one of these discourse is more likely to hurt the individuals in your life who you like quite than attain the individual you meant to harm. The probability of Prince William (or whichever royal DeuxMoi posted about) seeing your tweet is slim to none. However us queer persons are very on-line and see these “jokes” you discover humorous.
William being a giant previous backside is essentially the most fascinating factor about him however as any queer individual will inform you that’s nonetheless fairly boring. #PrinceOfPegging
— Philip J. Ellis (@Philip_Ellis) July 28, 2022
Whereas proper now, #PrinceOfPegging appears to be the butt of many jokes (no pun meant), one optimistic has come from it. The hashtag has drawn an enormous quantity of curiosity in studying what pegging really is, resulting in the time period skyrocketing on Google search developments — up 400 p.c as of late Thursday afternoon. And whereas it could be time to think about retiring the phrase, a wholesome quantity of curiosity for pegging or another sexual expertise shouldn’t be a nasty factor, so long as you are secure and respectful.
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