F/m Punishment: Anal Figging

While there is still controversy as to the origins and reasons to figging, it is fairly well agreed upon that it dates back to the Victorian era. Mentions of figging can be found in some Victorian literature. Back in those days, the Victorians were a fairly bawdy, perverted, kinky bunch behind closed doors.

Caning, a very popular form of punishment … was elevated to an art form itself. There is evidence that figging actually had it’s beginnings when ginger was used in a caning victim’s anus to prevent clenching the buttocks during punishment. Clenching one’s butt while it hosts ginger causes an intense burning sensation.

Ginger, in its natural state, is sold as a “hand”, it’s called a hand because it somewhat resembles one. The protuberances from the hand are called fingers. Unfortunately, many supermarkets now precut the hand into fingers and package them as convenience. Avoid using anything precut unless you’ve had enough experience to safely play with small fingers. Find a place that sells a hand. If the supermarket doesn’t have any, visit any oriental grocery store. 
Buy the largest hand you can find and scurry it home. Keep the entire hand in a cool dry place until you are ready to use it. The sooner you use it, however, the better the effect unless you age it properly which I’ll get to later.




Cut a finger of ginger from the hand. Unless the fingers are very long, do not cut the finger off at the joint of the hand. Remove the finger by cutting down into the palm of the hand so that you get a long, uniform width finger. Use a finger no smaller than 4 inches. Longer is better. Take a paring knife or vegetable peeler and remove the brown skin. Make sure all the skin is off as well as insuring that all the bumps and knots are cut off and smoothed as well. Try not to remove too much meat underneath, as you want to retain as full a finger as possible.
Take your time and don’t rush this step. As you work, rinse it under cold water periodically to help wash away pieces of skin. Ginger is fibrous and sometimes takes a little time to prepare properly. If you’re into oriental cooking, you’ll love the delicate ginger aroma that is released as you do this step. The smell is a great stimulus for the submissive male as well. It heralds things ahead.

After you have the skinned root all smooth and nice, you now have to perform the tricky bit. With the paring knife, about two-thirds of the way down the root carve a concavity around the finger. This will act as a retention device.

Make the ring no more than a half-inch wide. Remember; do not taper the finger all the way down to the end. You want full circumference of the finger two-thirds of the way down, a half-inch retention ring and then full circumference continuing down to the end of the finger. Do not carve out too much however, as this will weaken the finger and increase the possibility of breaking it while in the submissive male. You don’t need a very deep ring for retention.

After you have carefully completed this step, rinse the finger off and dip it in cold water. Make sure the tip of the finger is sufficiently rounded. You can always touch this area up with a knife or a peeler. Now it’s ready to insert. Unlike your own finger, you do not use lube with a ginger finger. Lubricant acts as a sealant and prevents the ginger moisture from releasing. Instead, use the cold water to keep the finger wet. Slowly insert the finger into the submissive male’s anus. Don’t rush at this point. Take your time. Wet ginger is slick enough to slide in with care. When the anus finally opens and accepts the ginger, slide it in up to the ring and let the submissive male close around it. The beauty of ginger is that it takes a little while for the effects to take place. Once it begins, it builds steadily. While you are waiting for the fun to begin, go wash your hands. You don’t want to touch your eyes or your submissive male’s eyes by accident with ginger on your hands.

Now sit down, get comfy and enjoy your work. Or, as the Victorians did, start your caning. Most submissive males will become rather vocal as the ginger works its magic. Depending on the fortitude of the submissive male, the potency of the ginger and the mental attitude you projected will give you a variety of reactions. Most submissive males report that the effects were far greater than they imagined.

To increase the effect, pinch your submissive male’s buttocks together and hold them for a minute or two. This causes a big boost in burning sensation and if done every so often, keeps your submissive male awake. The effects of the ginger will last approximately twenty minutes or so, after which, the effects diminish rapidly.

The nice thing about ginger is that no matter how intense the effect on the submissive male, you won’t hurt him and it is short-lived. Once the sensation ceases, remove the ginger.

Apply ginger to the genitalia while the ginger plug is in place and watch to see if it brings the pleasure you both seek. I have experienced some of the most stunning results with submissive males using this technique. I don’t have a perfect scientific explanation as to why ginger cause such an effect but suffices to say it works.

Using your ginger soon after you buy it will assure potency. Strong ginger, unprotected, for long periods of time will rob it of its “zip”. However, if you have any ginger fingers left after playtime, place it in a sealed, plastic bag and place it in the veggie bin in the refrigerator. Check on it daily until mold forms. The mold is harmless and does not penetrate the tough, fibrous skin of the root. Peel and prepare the ginger as before and play as usual. But look out! The juice of the ginger has increased dramatically in potency. If you think you had a good time when the ginger was new, wait till you play now. Any unused ginger should be discarded at this time.

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