We have already met the fellatrice: the fricatrice, her younger sister, concentrates on rubbing the male genitals - which can be nice. The Jewesses of North Africa are supposed to have enjoyed a reputation for this sort of thing. Such females were also found among the inhabitants of Lesbos and were described by Catullus as standing at crossways and in alleys "to jerk off the high-souled sons of Rome." In eighteenth century France the skilled fricatrice was well-known. In the United States, by contrast, "the fricatrice has never enjoyed any vogue. Practical Americans, if they want to masturbate, do it themselves...."