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donnaimmaculata) wrote2008-04-13 05:33 pm
donnaimmaculata) wrote2008-04-13 05:33 pm
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Lady & Lube
Because my f-list knows the answers to Important Questions:
a) What is the female equivalent of a "Lord Mayor"? Is she a "lady" or a "mayoress" or neither or both?
b) In your opinion: when did lube become an every-day product that can be bought in your friendly neighbourhood drugstore? I read "Life on Mars" slash occasionally, and whenever I encounter the casual mention of lube in the nightstand drawer, it strikes me as somewhat off. Wouldn't vaseline be more likely? I've honestly no idea - I can be dead wrong here. I just remember that when I was in my teens in the 1990s, it was "vaseline" that was associated with anal sex, because "lube" wasn't around all that much and could be only purchased in the rather more, ah, specialised shops. (When I was 17, I read about the use of Crisco as the product for anal fisting in a gay mag, and my then best friend and I bought some in a sex shop and used it to bake a cherry cake. We thought it was hilarious. But that's just by the bye.)
a) What is the female equivalent of a "Lord Mayor"? Is she a "lady" or a "mayoress" or neither or both?
b) In your opinion: when did lube become an every-day product that can be bought in your friendly neighbourhood drugstore? I read "Life on Mars" slash occasionally, and whenever I encounter the casual mention of lube in the nightstand drawer, it strikes me as somewhat off. Wouldn't vaseline be more likely? I've honestly no idea - I can be dead wrong here. I just remember that when I was in my teens in the 1990s, it was "vaseline" that was associated with anal sex, because "lube" wasn't around all that much and could be only purchased in the rather more, ah, specialised shops. (When I was 17, I read about the use of Crisco as the product for anal fisting in a gay mag, and my then best friend and I bought some in a sex shop and used it to bake a cherry cake. We thought it was hilarious. But that's just by the bye.)
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I don't need the lube for anything specific (fic-wise, that is). It's just something that, in a Life on Mars fic, makes me stop and think, "Surely, that can't be right?" - And I suspect London chemists were much more progressive than those in my provincial Catholic hometown. (Thank you, also, for the interesting insight into your family life!)
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