"oral sex" among the Victorians

[George Thompson]

And indeed, in the photo, this is exactly what he is doing to her,
while she administers the OS to him.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Waigl <cwaigl at FREE.FR>
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2006 1:20 pm
Subject: Re: "oral sex" among the Victorians

> On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:51:25 -0500, George Thompson typed:
>
> > But to our muttons.  The OED's earliest citiation for "oral sex" is
> > 1959, from the American Journal of Sociology.  A page of this album
> > that holds 5 images, one, cut from some source, showing 2 fully
> > clothed people kissing, and 4 obscene photos.  One of the photos
has
> > been cut to remove all the background that had surrounded the
> > figures.  A corner of the remaining image is outlined with the
> > words "oral sex", written 3 times.  The phrase appears again a bit
> > to the left of the photo: an ornamental "O", the rest handwritten.
> > Also connected with this particular photograph is the
> > word "postillionage".  (p. 107)
>
> In French, _postillonner_ (v.) and _postillonnage_ (n.) mean the
> involuntary action of projecting droplets of saliva while
> speaking. I
> can't find any erotic usage, though.
>
> But the OED has:
>
> postil(l)ion, v.
>  slang.
>  trans. To insert and manipulate a finger in the anus of (a sexual
> partner) as a means of sexual excitement. Hence postil(l)ioning
> vbl. n. 1888 tr. Tableaux Vivants xi. 95 The fair houri was
> postillioning me. 1969 G. LEGMAN Oragenitalism i. 90 Postillioning
> can best be done by the middle finger
>
> Chris Waigl
> the things I learn here
>