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The Michigan Hook-Up

Matthew Fluxington

16:13 / 09.02.04

The Down Low on The Michigan Hookup

Many a Sunday morning I have risen from my bedroom, joined my housemates at our table and drank three cups of coffee, all the while discussing an issue that plagues this campus: The Michigan Hookup. Also known as man’s best friend, giving head, going down and other terminology that I shall never put into print, I am talking about the blow job.

Did you know that our school has its own trademarked hookup? Well, it does. Dubbed TMH by a very astute friend of mine, who also happens to have a good reputation, I’m sure that many of you will vouch for me and willingly admit that when a hookup situation takes place, it usually consists of a trip down south on a guy.

Cheap. Easy. Cruel.

16:27 / 09.02.04

*packs bags*

40%

16:54 / 09.02.04

a male friend says that he himself can do better manually

We spoke to the chairman of the narcissists society...

ibis the being

17:28 / 09.02.04

If you have a preference about receiving the climax, then speak up beforehand because it is your decision. I know it’s graphic, but if you stop in the middle of the act, you may only have to be down there longer or risk a dreaded money shot.

And so I do not sound anti-recipient, givers should also aim to please, whether it means keeping the saliva flow up, varying depth, or “minding the stepchildren” (I can’t believe that Andy Dick can be helpful in this column, but it’s true). It is supposed to be fun. A recipient does not want to feel as if they have committed something that their partner did not want to do.

It's nice to know that young ladies are learning things in college, not least of which is the proper etiquette in setting feminism back 1,000 years.

Tryphena Absent

17:50 / 09.02.04

Why do you think this sets feminism back?

Matthew Fluxington

18:10 / 09.02.04

Please do answer Anna's question. I'm not clear on how giving practical sex advice is anti-feminist.

Are you coming from some "all heterosexual sex is rape!!!" position?

whothehell@where?

18:19 / 09.02.04

1000 years? that's quite a ways back.

i'm gonna ask the next girl who agrees to provide that service to me to say "are you ready to set feminism back 1000 years baby?" just before she dives

bitchiekittie

18:25 / 09.02.04

before I comment, I have to say I didn't follow the link, because I'm at work, so I'm only going by what's quoted here.

but from what I've read, it doesn't seem to mention anything about the "givers" gender at all. it could very well be anyone, and as such, I wonder how it could be considered an anti-feminism issue.

from these passages, it sounds pretty juvenile, true, but not particularly offensive.

Tryphena Absent

18:37 / 09.02.04

Dives? Something about that word in this context strikes me as ego fuelled but I can't work out the why.

And as for all het sex being rape. Women, how can you take your men like that?

ibis the being

19:00 / 09.02.04

Jeeez. I was being sort of jokey about it. bitchiekittie's right that the article's more juvenile than offensive. I just think it's sort of pathetic that the author is saying that 1. hookups at Mich consist primarily of girls giving random dudes blowjobs 2. so they better make sure those dudes really enjoy it. I'm FAR from "all heterosexual sex is rape." But this chick is afraid she might seem "anti-recipient" (???) by suggesting that the giver has a right to ask that her partner not come on her face. I mean, even in college my "hookups" involved more reciprocity than just me giving out blowjobs, but then maybe I am some kind of faving feminist freak.

Eh. Sorry for being flippant. Yay blowjobs.

Matthew Fluxington

19:21 / 09.02.04

Call me crazy, but I thought the most notable thing about the article was the implication that blowjobs are a regional Michigan thing.

Tryphena Absent

19:47 / 09.02.04

You should be sorry, no flippers allowed here. It's about time you kneel down and take it like all decent women do. Anything else would be tantamount to rape.

grant

21:08 / 09.02.04

It seemed like the writer was referring to a specific technique, which she then goes on to not describe. What do you suppose a "Michigan Hook Up" actually consists of?

40%

21:27 / 09.02.04

Flux - That's what the abstract seemed to imply. Peronally, I was taking it as read.

40%

11:04 / 11.02.04

Apparently oral sex is illegal in Singapore. It's classified as 'unnatural sex'. The law is designed to prevent minors from involvement in any such activities. Poor guys, after a hard day's work down the pit, they've gotta do something for relaxation, haven't they?

Jack Fear

17:13 / 11.02.04

I thought the most notable thing about the article was the implication that blowjobs are a regional Michigan thing.

Well, it's the first I've ever heard of such a thing. Sexing? Orally? What with kissing pee-pees and all? Jesus, these kids today.

Jack Fear

17:45 / 11.02.04

(Sorry.)

It's just a variant on your usual generational narcissism, is all. Every generation, as it becomes sexually active, seems to think that its members invented fucking--or, at the very least, that they are the first generation in human history to get it right.

Add in a dollop of obnoxious boosterism (or, more likely, the columnist's remit to give her "story" a local angle), and you've got "The Michigan Hookup."

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

21:46 / 11.02.04

If there's no particular special technique then that's quite possibly the shittest name for a blowjob I've ever heard. Even if it is geographically correct.

pomegranate

16:44 / 12.02.04

to me, the phrase "michigan hook-up" implies handjobs. cos, you know, michigan is shaped like a mitten. in fact, "miss michigan" is a term we* used like some people say "rosie palm."

*michiganders

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

22:24 / 12.02.04

Or possibly an Elmore Leonard novel (which isn't about blowjobs). For some reason, I'm imagining a 70s movie version starring Burt Reynolds.

bio k9

22:35 / 12.02.04

Poor guys, after a hard day's work down the pit, they've gotta do something for relaxation, haven't they?

I dunno, the last thing I want to do after a hard days work is give blowjobs.

mkt

14:32 / 13.02.04

...the hand jobs of yore are passé...

Am I the only person who felt a real pang of nostalgia for the hand jobs of yore?

*sigh*

ibis the being

16:31 / 13.02.04

don't worry, they'll be back in next season.

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