A few months ago the question of the origin of the phrase "blow job" came up. (Best not to inquire how.) I contacted a reference Librarian to help with the search. She found the following as the origin of the term:
Apparently, 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 ejactuation 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!
You might want to verify this as, while I trust my reference Librarian, I cannot recall her source.
Katerina Calderone, Dept. of Psych, Univ. of Utah
He messaged me after my last post there an hour ago. Telling me essentially not to give up on it, and they are still getting 40+ new members a day. I wonder how many spammers that includes...
I only got 7th...I felt jipped...
I remember seeing most of those...reruns anyway
good lord, you don't live in the most pleasant of places it sounds!
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Interesting, I didn't know all that about her. My partner knew who she was by picture though...
too unconfortable when sitting on barstools
I heard today that Hillary would have to win nearly 75% of the remaining primaries now to get it. She may as well step down and let the real game begin...
Oh that is tonight...Ill keep my eyes on the sky..just my luck it will land on me...
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