question

[schmerica]

Have any of you ever heard the word "cock" as slang for female genitalia and not male? A lot of the stories from a book of mid-century African-American narrative folklore I had to read for one of my Evergreen classes involved the reference -- which confused me a lot on first encountering it -- but that's the only place I've ever seen it.

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[daughtershade.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of it used as slang, but in forensics/medical they use the clock system to determine if a woman has been raped. They view the vagina as a clock and brusing at certain "times" can either show consentual or nonconsentual sex. Not sure if this helps or not.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

No, but cock. The same exact word that's used incredibly widely as slang for male genitalia, is what I'm asking.

[bonibaru.livejournal.com]

I gotta say that's a new one on me.

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

NEVER. The mind boggles.

[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

It rings a faint bell, in the context you describe, but I can't remember where I've come across it before. Possibly in one of the books I have on sexual terms, might've been "The Lover's Tongue".

[gloss]

Definitely heard that, usually in blues songs and stone-butch narratives.

[scarlettmoon.livejournal.com]

*tries to dreg up unused info from courses*

I think I've heard it called the "little cock" or "immature penis" or something. Back in the day they didn't have names for female parts. They had several theories about women- that they were defective males... or incompletely formed males. That male was the only true gender. There were so many theories from so many different times and places, but, yes, I don't think they had a word for clit (and other female parts), instead they called it cock or penis or some other synonym.