Cockblock Explained
Cockblock (or cock block) is a US slang term for an action, whether intentional or not, that prevents someone else from having sex.[1] Such behavior is said to be motivated by jealousy or competitiveness, although it is sometimes accidental or inadvertent. The term is also used (or the term "cockblocker") for a person who engages in such obstruction or intervention.[2] [3]
Social research has documented norms among male peer groups that view "cockblock" behavior as negative, which may make men less likely to challenge each other's behavior or impede sexual access to women, sometimes even in cases of possible sexual assault or intimate partner violence.[4] [5] The term appears to date at least to 1972, when Edith Folb documented its use by urban Black teenagers in the United States.
Marla Gibbs uses the phrase in the 1999 film Lost & Found.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- Folb, Edith (1980). "Runnin' down some lines". Society 18 (1). pp. 63–71. "There are a number of expressions in the vernacular that characterize one person's attempt to interrupt, impede, or totally sabotage another's action – to cock block".
- Sallee, Margaret W.; III, Frank Harris (2011). "Gender performance in qualitative studies of masculinities", Qualitative Research. 11 (4). pp. 409–429. At pp. 419–420 including research subject interview defining term.
- Wilser, Jeff (2009). The Maxims of Manhood: 100 Rules Every Real Man Must Live By. pp. 171–172.
- Casey, Erin A.; Ohler, Kristin. "Being a Positive Bystander: Male Antiviolence Allies' Experiences of Stepping Up" (PDF). Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 27 (1). p. 62–83.
- http://men.sagepub.com/content/19/1/3.full.pdf+html "'Being in a Room with Like-Minded Men': An Exploratory Study of Men's Participation in a Bystander Intervention Program to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence"
- http://www.english.uga.edu/cocoon/english/dawgspeak/dawgspeak~?term=c "Dawgspeak: The Slanguage Dictionary of The University of Georgia"
