Sexuality
Vocabulary of practice, consent, fetish and community — described, not staged.
Sexuality
Aftercare
Agreed care after a scene or an intense encounter: the physical and emotional landing when the session (or the orgasm) ends.
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BDSM
Umbrella acronym for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism: erotic practices and roles among adults who agree what is in and what stops.
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CNC
Acronym for consensual non-consent: play in which refusal is part of the game, with a real agreement underneath.
Sexuality
DDLG
Acronym for daddy dom / little girl: caretaking and playful-regression roles between adults, agreed.
Sexuality
Edging
Getting close to orgasm and stopping on purpose, to stretch arousal, solo or with a partner.
Sexuality
ENM
Acronym for ethical non-monogamy: more than one romantic or sexual bond, with everyone informed and agreeing.
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JOI
Acronym for jerk-off instruction: video, audio or text in which someone tells the viewer how to masturbate.
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Pegging
Sex in which a person wearing a strap-on penetrates another, usually a cis man.
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RACK
Acronym for risk-aware consensual kink: an ethic that admits informed risk instead of promising total safety.
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Safeword
An agreed word that stops the play for real — when “no” can be part of the game.
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SSC
Acronym for safe, sane, consensual: the classic ethical triad of the BDSM scene.
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Voyeurism
Arousal from watching someone in intimacy — naked, undressing or having sex — with or without that person’s agreement.