What is Steak and BJ Day 2016?
Men work hard to satisfy their lovers on Valentine’s Day, and, given their ebullient dedication, Steak and BJ Day 2016 is an opportunity to repay the favour. Plus, February 14th has become so capitalist – March 14th is good ol’ fashioned TLC.
Charity donations?
Steaks are awesome. BJs are incredible. Breast cancer sucks major balls. We felt March 14th was chance to tackle all three. Donate to kick cancer’s butt AND create a customised email invitation for your partner.
Why donate?
1.7 million people a year are diagnosed with breast cancer, and who knows how many more are indirectly affected. This year we’re supporting one of the more forward-thinking charities which helps raise boob awareness, fight cancer and save lives.
Etymology
The English noun fellatio comes from fellātus, which in Latin is the past participle of the verb fellāre, meaning to suck. In fellatio the -us is replaced by the -io; the declension stem ends in -ion-, which gives the suffix the form -ion (cf. French fellation). The -io(n) ending is used in English to create nouns from Latin adjectives and it can indicate a state or action wherein the Latin verb is being, or has been, performed.
Further English words have been created based on the same Latin root. A person who performs fellatio upon another may be termed a fellator. Because of Latin’s gender based declension, this word may be restricted by some English speakers to describing a male. The equivalent female term is fellatrix.
Cultural and Religious Significance:
Galienus called fellatio “lesbiari” since women of the island of Lesbos were supposed to have been the introducer of the practice to use one’s lips to give sexual pleasure.
The Ancient Indian Kama Sutra, dating from the first century AD, describes oral sex, discussing fellatio in great detail and only briefly mentioning cunnilingus. However, according to the Kama Sutra, fellatio is above all a characteristic of eunuchs (or, according to other translations, of effeminate homosexuals or transwomen similar to the modern Hijra of India), who use their mouths as a substitute for female genitalia.
Cultural attitudes towards oral sex range from disgust to reverence: in Ancient Rome, fellatio was considered profoundly taboo, whereas in Chinese Taoism, cunnilingus is revered as a spiritually fulfilling practice that is believed to enhance longevity. In modern Western culture, oral sex is widely practiced among adolescents and adults. In ancient Greece and modern Japan, fellatio has been referred to as “playing the flute”; the Kama Sutra has a chapter on auparishtaka (or oparishtaka), “mouth congress”.
Trivia:
The fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx, has been observed to engage in fellatio during mating. Female bats perform fellatio to increase copulation time. This species is the only non-primate known to exhibit this behaviour.