Cockblock (or cock block) is a US slang term for an action, whether intentional or not, that prevents someone else from having
sex
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. Such behavior is said to be motivated by
jealousy or
competitiveness, although it is sometimes accidental or inadvertent. The term is also used (or the term "cockblocker") for a person who engages in such obstruction or intervention.
Social research has documented norms among male peer groups that view "cockblock" behavior as negative, which may make men less likely to challenge each other's behavior or impede sexual access to women, sometimes even in cases of possible sexual assault or
intimate partner violence. The term appears to date at least to 1972, when Edith Folb documented its use by urban Black teenagers in the United States.
Marla Gibbs uses the phrase in the 1999 film ''
Lost & Found''.
"Dawgspeak: The Slanguage Dictionary of The University of Georgia"
Retrieved 29 May 2012. Citing 1972 E. A. FOLB Compar. Study Urban Black Argot Mar. 135 "Cock block, to interfere with a male's attempt to 'win over' a female".
See also
* ''Blockers'' (film)
* Democracy Manifest video
* Friend zone
* Intrasexual competition
* The Dog in the Manger
The story and metaphor of The Dog in the Manger derives from an old Greek fable which has been transmitted in several different versions. Interpreted variously over the centuries, the metaphor is now used to speak of one who spitefully prevents o ...
* Third wheel
The term third wheel refers to someone who is superfluous.
Third wheel may also refer to:
Film or television
* ''The Third Wheel'' (film), a 2002 American romantic comedy
* "The Third Wheel" (''That '70s Show''), an episode of ''That '70s Show''
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References
Seduction
Sexual slang
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