Handjob
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A handjob is a manual sex act where a person stimulates another's penis or scrotum with their hand to induce sexual pleasure and possibly orgasm.[1] It is a form of non-penetrative sex that some people choose to avoid risks like sexually transmitted infections or pregnancy.[2] Lubricants are frequently employed during this manual sex act.[3]
Key facts and history
The main technique involves stroking the penis shaft, glans, and frenulum with the hand or fingers, with movements and speed varying.[4] In some massage parlors, a masseuse may perform a handjob on a customer as part of or after a massage.[5] Rubbing, stroking, pulling, or manipulating the testicles are ways some people stimulate the scrotum.[6] The term "happy ending" is a euphemism for this service.[5]
Those establishments charged between $60 and $160, plus an additional gratuity of roughly $40 for the manual "happy ending".[7]
What the cited sources add
The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary defines a handjob as "the act of a person rubbing a man’s penis with their hand to give sexual pleasure".[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Handjob" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Handjob", Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary; Crooks, "Our Sexuality", Cengage Learning, 2020, p. 229 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Handjob" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Marriage and Family Experience: Intimate Relationship in a Changing Society", Cengage Learning, 2010, p. 186 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Handjob" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Haberman, "Family Jewels: A Guide to Male Genital Play and Torment", Greenery Press, 2001, p. 6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Handjob" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sussman, "Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex", Bloomsbury USA, 2008, p. 129; Carroll, "Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity", Cengage Learning, 2015, p. 243; Soble, "The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings", Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2022, p. 73 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Handjob" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Feifer, "I Booked a Massage at a High-End Resort and Got a Surprise Happy Ending", Maxim, October 6, 2015; "What It's Really Like To Get a Happy Ending Massage", Cosmopolitan, November 20, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Handjob" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hedley, "7 Days To Amazing Sex: Revolutionise Your Life And Feel Sexy Now", Little, Brown Book Group, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Handjob" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Best happy-ending parlors", Time Out New York, January 25, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Handjob", Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. facts only, no text reused. oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
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