1 the other man or receive anal sex from him. Erotica: cuckold Cuckold erotica takes many forms. Interracial SUSAN M. BLOCK cuckolding usually plays to stereotypes, featuring The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & a nerdy-looking Caucasian or Asian cuckold and a Sciences, Los Angeles, California, United States well-endowed African-American bull. While most cuckold erotica emphasizes humil- “Cuckold” is an Old English term for a man whose iation, real-life cuckolding couples are not neces- wife has sex with other men. The original spelling, sarily shame-oriented. The cuckold/husband “cukewold,” borrowed from the Old French “cuc- sometimes acts more like a pimp than a wimp. In cault,” which derived from the “cuccu,” or female most cuckold erotica, the husband masturbates cuckoo bird’s practice of laying eggs in other birds’ instead of having intercourse with his wife. In nests. The pejorative suffix “ault” indicates that many real-life cuckolding scenarios, the cuckold/ the “cuccault” is being taken advantage of by his husband has passionate sex with his hotwife after adulterous wife, as by a lady cuckoo bird (http:// the bull leaves (Gould 1999). www.thefreedictionary.com/cuckold). There are various explanations for the appeal The word “cuckold” has fallen out of everyday of being cuckolded, despite the jealousy it often usage, and the unwitting cuckold is no longer the entails. The “sperm wars“ theory—stemming butt of jokes that he was in Chaucer’s day. Rather, from evolutionary biologist Robin Baker’s (2006) in the twenty-first century, there has been a research, wherein one man’s spermatozoa com- surge of popular interest in cuckold erotica and pete for the egg with another‘s—provides one cuckoldry as a fetish. A cuckold fetishist is sexu- possible reason why a cuckold’s seminal volume ally aroused by the fantasy or reality of his wife, may increase, creating greater arousal when he girlfriend, or a woman he finds attractive having perceives “competition” for his hotwife than when sex with another, usually an extremely virile, he has no known rivals. well-endowed man. Cuckold erotica caters to A study by Gordon Gallup and coworkers this fetish. (2003) concluded that one evolutionary purpose In the old meaning of the term “cuckold” the of the thrusting motion characteristic of intense wife deceived her unsuspecting cuckold husband. intercourse is for the penis to “upsuck” another The modern cuckold fetishist is very much aware man’s semen before depositing its own. The cuck- and involved. In Old English, a husband who sup- old’s urge to thrust, through intercourse or mas- ported his wife’s philandering was more accurately turbation, is often enhanced by the presence of termed a “wittol” (one who “knows”), but modern the bull, whether real or fantasized. fetishists commonly use “cuckold.” Typical Euro- The modern cuckold syndrome may go American cuckold erotica involves a husband/ beyond those who specifically choose cuckold cuckold, his “hotwife,” and the other man, some- erotica. In a sense, most basic “boy–girl” porn times called a “bull.” The hotwife has sex with the appeals to cuckold sensibilities, for when a man bull, usually while her cuckold/husband watches. views typical male−female erotica, he is watching Sometimes she dominates, or the bull dominates a woman he finds attractive having sex with the hotwife and the cuckold. The cuckold is another man. usually submissive, often humiliated, “forced” to watch, and sometimes sexually services his wife SEE ALSO: Adultery (Biocultural Aspects); and her lover. He may wear panties, shackles, or a Adultery and Fidelity; Coolidge Effect, The; chastity device, perhaps performing oral sex on Domination and Submission (D&S); Erotica: his wife before or after the bull ejaculates inside Phone Sex; Fetish; Marriage; Polyamory; Rights, her, eating her “cream pie.” He may orally pleasure Sexual and Reproductive; Voyeurism The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, First Edition. Edited by Patricia Whelehan and Anne Bolin. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2015 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2 REFERENCES Gould, Terry. 1999. The Lifestyle: A Look at the Erotic Rites of Swingers. Toronto: Vintage Canada. Baker, Robin. 2006. Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles. Rev. ed. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press. FURTHER READING The Free Dictionary by Farlex. Accessed August 1, 2014. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cuckold Alston, Cody. 2012. Hotwifing: Whether to Try It, Ways Gallup, G. G., Rebecca L. Burch, Mary L. Zappieri, to Go About It, How to Handle It, Austin, TX: Bold Rizwan A. Parvez, Malinda L. Stockwell, and Jennifer Type Press. A. Davis. 2003. “The Human Penis as a Semen Displacement Device.” Evolution and Human Behavior, 24(4): 277 – 289..