July 27, 2025, 2:05 p.m.

The rare case of the stone cis man

Sub Missives

Sometimes I get obsessed with a sex-related question and just can’t let it go. I’m sure some of my fellow sex nerds reading this can relate. Human sexuality is just too damn interesting!!

A couple summers ago, one of the big questions I contemplated was: Do stone cis men exist?

If someone is “stone” in the way I’m using it here, that means they get most (or all) of their sexual pleasure from giving pleasure. They prefer not to receive any genital touch during sex, and may even keep their clothes on the whole time while pleasuring a partner. It is an identity most often associated with lesbians; you may have heard the phrase “stone butch” before, arguably the best-known manifestation of stoneness.

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