Aylee
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ORIGINAL: purepleasure why are they called blowjobs anyway? when participating in this particular activity, i'm sucking, not blowing. unless i'm doing it wrong. *Dons my smarty-pants.* The term comes from Victorian England. Remember that at that time folks would refer to women of questionable character as "blowsy?" (Think about literature you've read.) Well, "blow" was slang for ejaculate. So, getting a blow job meant creating an ejaculation in the man. Thus, "blow job" is from the masculine perspective of what happens to the man (rather than some odd, ineffective action on the part of the partner). Once again, the masculine bias reigns! Arghhhhhhhh! Also I have heard that "blow" in this usage is a corruption of the word, "below." So that they are "below jobs." Any more questions that I can help you with?
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