I read somewhere, I forgot exactly where, that in the old days prostitutes would offer a “Dry Bob” for a cheaper price than the usual copulation. Presumably because of avoidance of disease or at least pregnancy? The source didn’t give anymore information other than to mention the “dry bob” existed and was cheaper.
Is there any other information of this? Was the buyer/trick/john finished in another way, or did he just leave? Or is this whole “dry bob” with a prostitute a myth?
London prostitutes in the Ripper days usually took a John standing up, and supposedly few of them noticed or cared that they were between her thighs and not in the glory hole. Says something for both the men’s skill and the pro’s…