If you don't know me, let me give you a brief introduction: My name is Zara Barrie, and I'm a full-blast, lady-loving lesbian. I love girls as much as you guys do. It's recently come to my attention that some of you may be a little intimidated about going down on a woman Hey, I get it. The first time I ever went down on a girl sophomore year of high school, I think? I mean, the vagina is like this mystical holy grail that unlocks the secrets to the ever-expansive universe.

Cunnilingus is an oral sex act performed by a person on the vulva or vagina of another person. Cunnilingus can be sexually arousing for participants and may be performed by a sexual partner as foreplay to incite sexual arousal before other sexual activities such as vaginal or anal intercourse [1] [6] or as an erotic and physically intimate act on its own. Oral sex is often regarded as taboo , [1] but most countries do not have laws which ban the practice. Commonly, heterosexual couples do not regard cunnilingus as affecting the virginity of either partner, while lesbian couples commonly do regard it as a form of virginity loss. Additional common slang terms used are "giving lip", " lip service ", or " tipping the velvet "; this last is an expression that novelist Sarah Waters argues that she "plucked from the relative obscurity of Victorian porn". A person who performs cunnilingus may be referred to as a "cunnilinguist".

Oral sex involves using the mouth, lips, or tongue to stimulate the penis fellatio , vagina cunnilingus , or anus anilingus of a sex partner. The penis and testicles and the vagina and area around the vagina are also called the genitals or genital area. Oral sex is commonly practiced by sexually-active adults. Many STDs, as well as other infections, can be spread through oral sex.

We asked sex educators and sex therapists to share their best advice on how to make it a very satisfying experience for all involved. Note: Just remember these are general tips. Focus on a slow buildup maybe start with a body massage or a make-out session , then pay special attention to the clitoris, which, for many women, must be stimulated in order for them to have an orgasm. Try circles, moving your tongue up and down, or left to right.