Sexuality
What does Pegging mean?
Sex in which a person wearing a strap-on penetrates another, usually a cis man.
Definition
The short name for that act, between adults who agreed, came out of a vote. On 21 June 2001 Dan Savage announced the winner of a Savage Love poll: 12,103 ballots; peg beat punt and bob, names tied to Bend Over Boyfriend. The verb stuck and left euphemism behind.
Sexual orientation is attraction; pegging is the gesture. Straight, gay or bi people use the same word for the same agreed act between adults.
Origin
English peg turned into a verb. On 21 June 2001 Dan Savage announced the Savage Love winner: 12,103 ballots; peg beat punt and bob, names tied to Bend Over Boyfriend. The gerund pegging stuck and left euphemism behind.
History
From an advice column to app vocabulary. Sexual orientation is attraction; pegging is the gesture. Straight, gay or bi people use the same word for the same agreed act between adults.
How it emerged
A short verb was missing that was not an insult. Savage closed the vote in June 2001; couples got a name that fits a DM.
Usage examples
The couple calls that pegging.
The verb came out of Savage Love in 2001.
Translations
- pt pegging
- en pegging
- es pegging
Synonyms
- strap-on
- Dan Savage
- Savage Love