A handjob is the manual stimulation of the penis. The manual stimulation of a female's sex organs is usually called fingering, although sometimes "handjob" is used to refer to this act as well.
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A handjob may or may not end in ejaculation or orgasm; it may or may not constitute the entire sexual encounter. A handjob may be part of foreplay or part of or a precursor to other sexual activities. It can provide sexual pleasure to a partner when penetrative intercourse is not possible or desirable.
Little physical effort is required for a handjob, and the male is not distracted by the effort of thrusting or the need to stimulate his partner's sexual organs. A handjob can incorporate a large amount of stimulation and variety and, as with other forms of sexual stimulation, the giving partner can receive significant pleasure and sexual arousal, because they can directly control and observe the sexual excitement and physical reactions of their partner. Handjobs can be enhanced by using oil to lubricate the penis and the hand.
Prevalence in massage parlours
The expression "happy ending" is a colloquial term for the practice of those massage therapists who are also sex workers, offering sexual release to a client.
According to a 1975 study by A.J. Velarde, in an unnamed west-coast city in the United States, provision of a "hand job", where the woman gave the client a handjob, was one of the services female masseuses were employed to give. Subsequent newspaper publicity of this practice caused local councils to impose licensing requirements upon masseuses similar to the ones used on prostitutes. This licensing led to increased expectations in massage parlour clients, who expected that more than a handjob would be available, that is, sexual intercourse. Because the masseuses themselves considered that they had nothing to lose in acting as prostitutes, and because the local council treated them as prostitutes anyway, masseuses often complied, and thus attracted more prostitution to the city.[1][2]
Nomenclature
The term "handjob" is often considered a slang or informal word rather than a clinical term. Therefore, some people take offense to the word when used in general conversation. An academic article would usually refer to a handjob as manual stimulation of a male partner, masturbating a male partner, or manual sex to a penis whereas in a colloquial context a phrase like "hand shandy" would be more likely to appear.
Manual stimulation of the penis by another individual may also informally be called:
- Happy ending/Happy finish – If it follows a full-body massage usually performed at a massage parlor. [3]
- Rusty trombone – When giving anilingus and a handjob at the same time, mimicking the motions of a trombone player.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ Zajdow, Grazyna (2000-02-01) (PDF). Sex work and regulation : holding on to an image - a sociological reflection. pp. 178. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/proceedings/14/zajdow.pdf.
- ^ Velarde, A.J. (1975). "Becoming prostituted: the decline of the massage parlour profession and the masseuse". British Journal of Criminology 15 (3): 251–263.
- ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0147,savage,30084,24.html
- ^ Tate, Jordan. (January 9, 2007) The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms. Publisher St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-31236-298-6
- ^ Sex Dictionary. (2007) Sex Words Defined and Explained: R.
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