When and where communal masturbation originated is anyone’s guess, but it is clear that Jacks clubs were not a direct response to HIV/AIDS.
The New York Jacks, established in 1980, is the oldest currently operating club 1. It is interesting to note that jack off groups and the first Jacks club predate the AIDs panic/terror of the early 80’s. The name Jacks became associated with them and the clubs proliferated. I could have cum a hundred times, and in fantasy, I did.”Īccording to Silverstein and Picano The Joy Of Gay Sex, jack off clubs started appearing in the 1970’s as “outgrowth” of private masturbation parties that were popular in the US gay community. Some scenes were so powerful, intimate, and intense that my insides turned on the ejaculation switch before my head knew what was happening. No licking assholes, no fists buried deep into pink velvet sphincters, no rivers of gold showering bodies from face to chest to encased dick, no mouths gobbling, no asses and intestines rubbed aglow from dickhead and fingers–just hands and dicks and balls and tits and eyes and souls–from every angle, slippery grasps on slippery handles, dicks pointing to the ceiling, twenty in view without a turn of the head, dicks above in the balcony, dicks below on the benches, glorious men sprawled in the supporting arms of companions while others attentively relieved one another of the arduous task at hand. “More than just focusing on dicks and balls, we looked into eyes with looks of warm companionship, sweet warmth cheek to cheek.
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The San Francisco Jacks’ web archive contains numerous comments from members who report they felt a sense of intense emotional bounding with other men that is unique to the jack off club setting:
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In addition to the benefit of safer sex, in can be argued that non-penetrative sex (e.g., frottage, mutual masturbation, circlejerks) produces a greater sense of shared masculinity and equality ( The Full Wiki). Since the focus is on non-penetrative sex, the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and STDs are significantly reduced.
If you consider the fact that on a busy night a club can have over a 100 men with raging hard-ons ready to explode in volleys of cum splattering orgiastic delight, they offer a remarkably safe environment where like-minded men can let loose and get it on. As the name implies, they’re establishments where men go to masturbate. They offer members a structured environment with rules of conduct and a strict ban on “fucking, sucking, and ass play”. They’re off the beaten path, but they have been part to the club scene in cities like New York, San Francisco, and Philadelphia for decades.