Oral Sex: Special Occasion Or Occasionally Special?

Earlier this week, Slate columnist William Saletan wrote an article to your parents explaining to them that oral sex is no longer a dirty and illicit act: these days, everybody (but especially teenagers and college students!) loves to go downtown, whether with the love of their life or whoever they met at last call. Many readers then wrote in to gently explain that he was crazy and that oral sex has always been standard operating procedure for quite some time--in other words, this "stigma" that has supposedly evaporated never really existed at all.

Today, Saletan fires back with the pesky little thing known as "evidence." Just to be clear, he isn't arguing that oral sex has replaced regular intercourse among today's younger generation (as several afterschool specials might lead you to believe): it's just that blowjobs and pussy eating are no longer considered taboo, or shameful, or the kind of thing that you only do with that very special person who you better be married to.

So what we want to know is: Is this true? Did the stigma ever exist for you? Were you raised to believe that oral sex is more intimate than intercourse? We don't care what you think about it now; the issue is whether there was ever a time when getting or giving head was considered something especially special. (Of course, if you're gay or lesbian you probably think we're stupid for even asking, but everyone gets confused sometimes.)

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Oh, and here's some food for thought, if you need it ...

· "Lisa Sparxxx giving head" (RedTube)

· Eating her Pussy (RedTube)

· The normalization of oral sex + Was oral sex always normal? (slate.com)
· Thumbnail via My First Sex Teacher (strokersgals.com, via askjolene.com)