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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Why do they call it a "Glory Hole"? You get a lot of things having your cock sucked through a hole in a men's bathroom stall by some anonymous stranger, but "Glory" isn't one of them. To me, glory involves public adulation and notice... Accolades and such. I don't see any of that in glory hole culture.
But I could be wrong, having never glory holed or been glory holed. Maybe there's a quiet sort of glory in it. I don't know, but "sordid release hole" seems a lot more accurate, though sematically unpleasant.
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Ask Wiki -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_hole_(sexual) :
"The origin of the term is unknown, but may have come from the mining industry, where the opening to a mineshaft containing the "mother lode" would be considered to be the "glory hole". Or it could perhaps be in reference to the always open mouth or "glory hole" of a kiln used in glass blowing. It could also be a reference to glory holes in civil engineering, where water from a reservoir is quickly "sucked" through a glory hole and out of a dam.
There are many theories regarding the origins of the first glory hole. One common concept is that they began in ancient days as a spy or peep hole, and grew larger as men sought more contact, but only enough contact as to perform sex acts upon the genitals of another man. The theory of use was that, although heterosexual men would seek the relief to be found on the other side of a glory hole, they did not wish to lose their anonymity, or to engage in any other physical contact with another man.
From the mid-to-late 20th century, a glory hole could be found in many public men's room in the United States. They could be found in adult businesses, bus and train stations, office buildings, and several other public buildings."
