''Oragenitalism'' is a book by the American folklorist

Gershon Legman Gershon Legman (November 2, 1917 – February 23, 1999) was an American cultural critic and folkloristics, folklorist, best known for his books ''The Rationale of the Dirty Joke'' (1968) and ''The Horn Book: Studies in Erotic Folklore and Bib ...

, published by the Julian Press in 1969. The book describes various types of

oral sex Oral sex, sometimes referred to as oral intercourse, is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a person by another person using the mouth (including the lips, tongue, or teeth) and the throat. Cunnilingus is oral sex per ...

. The book is intended as "instruction manual, conduct guide, and household advice book". The author claimed that it was the earliest book of its kind on the subject, and for a long time the only one.Brottman (2004) p.31 Its contents are divided into four sections: " Cunnilinctus" written under the pen-name Roger-Maxe de la Glannege (an

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of his real name) and published by Jacob Brussel of New York in 1940;Slade (2001) p.802 the three remaining sections "

Fellatio Fellatio (also known as fellation, and in slang as blowjob, BJ, giving head, or sucking off) is an oral sex act involving a person stimulating the penis of another person by using the mouth, throat, or both. Oral stimulation of the scrotum may ...

", "

Irrumatio Irrumatio is a form of oral sex in which someone thrusts their penis into another person's mouth, often with the intention of inducing a pharyngeal reflex and forced vomiting, in contrast to fellatio where the penis is being actively orally excit ...

n", and " Sixty-Nine" were not published until 1969.

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