Zipless fuck

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A zipless fuck is defined as a sexual encounter for its own sake, without emotional involvement or commitment, between two previously unacquainted persons. The phrase was coined by author Erica Jong in her popular 1973 novel Fear of Flying.

The zipless fuck is absolutely pure. It is free of ulterior motives. There is no power game . The man is not "taking" and the woman is not "giving." No one is attempting to cuckold a husband or humiliate a wife . No one is trying to prove anything or get anything out of anyone. The zipless fuck is the purest thing there is. And it is rarer than the unicorn. And I have never had one.

– Erica Mann Jong, Fear of Flying (1973)

The author goes on to explain that it is "zipless" because "when you came together, zippers fell away like rose petals, underwear blew off in one breath like dandelion fluff. For the true ultimate zipless A-1 fuck, it was necessary that you never got to know the man very well."

The term has seen a resurgence in popularity as third-wave feminism authors and theorists continue to use it while reinterpreting their approach to sexuality.