Talk:Glory hole (sexual)

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Contents 1 Desperate Living sight gag of glory holes 2 UK 3 This is really well sourced 4 Strait porn depiction?

[edit] Desperate Living sight gag of glory holes

Although the article doesn't include a "References in Popular Culture" section, it might be worth mentioning that the John Waters movie Desperate Living features an absurdist sight gag about a glory hole in the stall partition of a women's toilet. (The movie's "lesbian glory hole" actually consists of THREE holes -- a triangular opening down below, and two circular holes at breast-level.) The joke is that in real life, the practice is most likely non-existent among lesbians. Throbert McGee 05:45, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UK

I have no interest in glory holes for my own use, so have no idea if they're used for this purpose... but here in the UK, it's not particularly uncommon to find holes in the walls of public toilet cubicles that were clearly deliberately bored. Mind you, the diameter of the things has generally been only an inch or less, which may mean they were made more to look through than to poke through. Usually someone has stuffed them with toilet paper as a temporary repair until the maintenance staff fix the wall properly. I couldn't say with confidence whether they're becoming less common, but as new cubicles often have plastic dividers rather than wood or plaster ones, this may be the case. Loganberry (Talk) 01:11, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is really well sourced

Could almost be eligible for GA, believe it or not...--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 18:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

It's almost entirely thanks to Benjiboi. The article looked like this just a week ago. —Angr ^{If you've written a quality article...} 18:15, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Strait porn depiction?

Seems worth of a mention, even if only a sentence in the lede that although almost universally a convenience used by gay and bisexual men glory holes have appeal in pornography directed at all orientations including erotica and films. I think we can find a few sources to support this as well. Benjiboi 08:35, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Indeed Benjiboi is right, gloryholes are useful for heterosexual action too and there's little to doubt that probably this idea is as old as glory holes themselves Undead Herle King (talk) 11:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)