Thankfully, Fellatio Has Come a Long Way Since Nancy Davis Was a Girl

Bill Clinton is the first president caught in a scandal apparently because of a predilection for oral sex (although an earlier president was brought down by a Deep Throat). Clinton is probably not, however, the first president who enjoyed it.

According to Kitty Kelley's biography, Nancy Reagan "was renowned in Hollywood for performing oral sex." Just-say-yes Nancy--in the days when she was Nancy Davis--was known to give the best blowjob in town, "not only in the evening but in offices. [T]hat was one of the reasons that she was very popular on the MGM lot." It must have made her very popular with Ronnie as well. . . .

Oral sex becomes more common as one climbs the education ladder. Only 41 per cent of women with less than a high school education report having performed fellatio on a partner; by contrast, about 80 per cent of women with at least some college education have experienced one or the other.

From the 59% of women with less than a high school education that hadn't performed fellatio, the most common comments logged were "What's fellatio?" and "Oh, god, no: I'd never do that. I'm a good girl. But I have blown a guy or two, just to keep him happy, if that helps your survey any."

From the 20% of college educated women, they were "Oh, this is confidential. Well, then, 'of course.' Who hasn't?" and "Hello: Gay here."