It was in the 1970s that groups of gay men began meeting regularly for jack-off parties. clubs soon became so crowded they had to move their biweekly parties to large loft spaces.” (from The Joy of Gay Sex, Third Edition, 2002, by Silverstein and Picano.) The group expanded, was named the Jacks (i.e., ‘those who jack off’), and attracted not only exhibitionists and men with large penises (especially members of the eight-inch club), but also those attracted to them. They invited others who shared this interest to orgies where no sucking or fucking took place, only kissing, caressing and jerking off. “… Such clubs originated during the seventies, and were often an outgrowth of private parties organized by gay guys who were into masturbation. Today, we organize these private clubs with one singular purpose: To masturbate with other men. It is very likely that it was once a natural element of nomadic, pre-agricultural humanity. Men have been gathering to jack-off together in groups, large and small, since long before written history began. Jack-off groups have been around a long time and did not, as is commonly believed, suddenly spring up after the AIDS crisis made safer sex a necessity. It has been revised from the original entry, first published in June, 2005.)
(This entry is based upon content from the former RCJ web site.
