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pillow princess

pillow princess noun: a person (typically a lesbian) who wants to receive sexual pleasure but is not interested in giving it.

Noun

pillow princess (plural pillow princesses)

  1. (slang) A person (typically a lesbian) who wants to receive sexual pleasure but is not interested in giving it.
    • These roles extended into the bedroom, where the butch would initiate and give sexual pleasure and the femme would play “pillow princess” and receive — never the other way around [...]1993, Bree Coven, Deneuve, volume 3, number 4, FRS Enterprises, page 64
    • Similarly, whereas pillow princesses and other femmes appear to fall in line with heterosexual conceptualizations of sexual roles for women, where the woman’s role is the passive and non-assertive partner, they represent radical departures in other respects. In particular, participants indicated...2009, Bianca D. M. Wilson, “Black Lesbian Gender and Sexual Culture: Celebration and Resistance”, in Culture, Health & Sexuality, volume 11, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 309
    Antonyms:
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Examples of pillow princess in a sentence

  • In particular, participants indicated that ultra femmes and pillow princesses fully expected that the sexual act ended with their sexual climax.2009, Bianca D. M. Wilson, “Black Lesbian Gender and Sexual Culture: Celebration and Resistance”, in Culture, Health & Sexuality, volume...
  • Many femmes made sure to point out they were not “pillow princesses,” meaning they are not just receivers.2014, Joey Cooter, Butch, Femme, or Neither? What Owning These Identities Means, Johnson City, Tennessee: East Tennessee State University...
  • A soft fem may also be referred to as a “pillow princess”.2017, Karen Carpenter, “Women Who Have Sex with Women in Jamaica”, in Karen Carpenter, editor, Interweaving Tapestries of Culture and...

Antonyms of pillow princess

Forms of pillow princess

pluralpillow princesses

Questions about pillow princess

What does pillow princess mean?
Pillow princess means a person (typically a lesbian) who wants to receive sexual pleasure but is not interested in giving it.
How do you use pillow princess in a sentence?
In particular, participants indicated that ultra femmes and pillow princesses fully expected that the sexual act ended with their sexual climax.
What part of speech is pillow princess?
Pillow princess is a noun.
What is the plural of pillow princess?
The plural of pillow princess is pillow princesses.

Words near pillow princess in the dictionary

  1. pillow menu
  2. pillow menus
  3. pillow mound
  4. pillow pouch
  5. pillow pouches
  6. pillow princess
  7. pillow princesses
  8. pillow queen
  9. pillow queens
  10. pillow shading
  11. pillow talk

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