Tribadism or the
lesbian act of rubbing two vulvae together (commonly known as scissoring) when practiced in secret by two
Muslim lesbians.
The term is inspired from the comment, considered derogatory by some, by British politician Boris Johnson, who described Muslim women wearing burkas as looking like letterboxes. Given the parallels between a woman in a burka being hidden away from society and lesbianism not being able to be practiced openly in Islamic communities, as well as the colloquial description of a woman’s
vagina as a
box, this term to describe this sexual act seems particularly poignant.
It is not just their faces that need to be hidden from society. When
Fatima and
Aisha indulge in some
hot letterboxing it’s inevitably conducted behind closed doors. Sadly, there’s no scope for perverts like me to get a sneaky peak.