Category: (Sado)-Masochism
Subcategory: Types

Biting

Biting involves using teeth to grip, press into, or mark a partner's skin. Intensity ranges from gentle nibbles to harder bites that may leave temporary marks, focusing on fleshy areas like shoulders, thighs, or buttocks.

This primal form of stimulation blends pain, pleasure, and possession. The mouth's sensitivity provides feedback to the biter while teeth create unique sensations for the recipient—ranging from ticklish to intensely painful. Many enjoy the animalistic quality and the intimate connection created when leaving temporary marks on a partner.

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This is a description of an activity in the BDSM checklist (also known as a 'kink list'). Want to discover what (more) kinks you might have? Maybe share them with a partner? Start the checklist!

About the category (Sado)-Masochism

Sadomasochism involves the consensual exchange of sensation that many would find painful or intense in non-erotic contexts. This spectrum encompasses both the giving (sadism) and receiving (masochism) of such sensations, creating experiences where pain, intensity, and pleasure become interwoven through deliberate and controlled application.

People enjoy sadomasochistic activities for diverse reasons: the intense endorphin rush that creates natural highs, the intimate trust required between partners, the transformation of pain into pleasure through context and arousal, and the cathartic release many experience through intense sensation. Rather than being about suffering, well-executed SM play creates unique states of consciousness and connection that many practitioners find impossible to access through other means, offering profound physical and psychological experiences when practiced with skill and care.



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