Breast torture

Breast torture (also called breast play, nipple torture or tit torture) is a BDSM sexual activity[1] involving the application of pain or constriction to a submissive's breasts.[2] It is a popular activity among the kink community.[3]

This article is about consensual BDSM activity. For non-consensual activity, see torture.
An example of breast bondage

Techniques

Nipple torture is a popular element of breast torture.[1][4] During the 1970s a study of S&M-themed contact magazines and club members in Germany identified nipple torture as one of the six most popular activities.[5] BDSM literature sometimes shows household items attached to erect nipples to provide a pinching sensation. These include clothespins, mouse traps,[1][2] clothes hangers with integral clips, or pairs of chopsticks with elastic bands wrapped around each end.[6] Alternatively commercially-produced nipple clamps (a type of sex toy) can be used, and these may be attached to ropes, chains, or wall fixtures.[4] The pinching restricts the blood flow and, when the attachments are removed, further pain may be caused by the return of normal blood flow.[7]

Nipple piercing is sometimes used to facilitate breast torture, often accompanied by the insertion of piercing rings which can be attached to heavy chains or to nipple cords (pieces of thin rope or heavy string). The other end of these chains or cords can be attached to screw eyes or pulleys to allow the nipples to be put under great tension. Alternatively unpierced nipples can have nipple rings or nipple cuffs placed around them and tightened to create and sustain nipple erections and also to cause pain.[4]

A titty twister is a device used to inflict pain on the breasts and especially the nipples. They are made in a variety of styles, but all have nipple clamps that can be made to rotate once in position, twisting the breasts or nipples of the person wearing the device.[8]

Erotic electrostimulation of the breasts is considered unsafe due to the risk of electrocution.[9]

Breast torture may include binding the breasts with ropes or chains[2] or bondage tape[10] or improvised materials such as elastic bands. Tight breast bondage is often depicted in BDSM imagery, usually using rope bondage techniques[1] which are often derived from Japanese bondage.[6] Breasts are sometimes compressed using a breast clamp or breast press. This device consists of two parallel bars separated and fastened by steel bolts at either end. The breasts are placed between the bars and the bolts are tightened to painfully compress them.[2] Tit whipping is a type of breast torture that involves the flagellation of a submissive's breasts, usually with a small cat o' nine tails.[8] Clothespins are sometimes attached to the breasts in large numbers to pinch the skin in multiple places. When they are removed and the blood flows back a sensation of warm pain is experienced. The clothespins can be attached together using a string or wire and pulled off, creating a BDSM device known as a zipper.[6] Certain types of hot wax can be dripped onto the breasts as part of wax play, in some instances producing a wax mould of the nipple and breast.[11] Other painful activities which can be applied to the breasts and nipples include beating, spanking or punching.

The recipient of such activities may receive direct physical pleasure via masochism, or emotional pleasure through erotic humiliation, or knowledge that the play is pleasing to a sadistic dominant.

Safety

The most common consequence of breast torture is bruising. Nipple bondage can result in damage to the nipples[12] and wax play can produce irritation, burning or blistering of the skin.[11] Heavy impact play applied to the breasts can rupture the mammary glands and lymph glands and cause breast cysts.[6] The practice has fewer health risks than pussy torture or cock and ball torture but adequate precautions are still needed to prevent injury or blood loss.

Using conventional rope for breast bondage can result in rope burns. Ropes designed for BDSM use are typically made from soft cotton that lies flat against the skin to avoid this. There is also a risk of cutting off the blood circulation to the breasts[13] which may be problematic if the breasts are tied for a long period of time. This may be indicated by a lack of sensation in the breasts or their changing in colour to deep purple.

See also

References
  1. Arndt, William B (1991). Gender Disorders and the Paraphilias. International Universities Press. p. 327. ISBN 9780823621507. In more recent S&M literature, where a female is the submissive, breast torture is often depicted, using ropes to bind them tightly and clothespins or mouse traps to pinch nipples.
  2. Murray, Thomas; Murrell, Thomas (1989). The Language of Sadomasochism: A Glossary and Linguistic Analysis. ABC-CLIO. p. 44. ISBN 9780313264818.
  3. Brown, Ashley; Barker, Edward D.; Rahman, Qazi (July 2020). "A Systematic Scoping Review of the Prevalence, Etiological, Psychological, and Interpersonal Factors Associated with BDSM". Journal of Sex Research. 57 (6): 781–811. doi:10.1080/00224499.2019.1665619. More than 50% reported they had participated in sadomasochistic activities like breast play...
  4. Murray & Murrell 1989, p. 97–98.
  5. Arndt 1991, p. 363.
  6. Kinnk, Chris (25 July 2012). "Nipple Clamps and Tit Torture Improvisation". Kinky Testers.
  7. Engle, Gigi (19 May 2017). "Why Nipple Clamps Are the Most Underrated Sex Toys in the World". Glamour.
  8. Murray & Murrell 1989, p. 134.
  9. Williams, D. (1998). "Guide to Erotic Electrostimulation". Zity.
  10. Mistress Kay (4 February 2022). "BDSM Advice Series: How To Use Bondage Tape". Kinky World.
  11. "Wax Play". Sex Talk About. 24 June 2018.
  12. Murray & Murrell 1989, p. 133.
  13. Jalili, Candice (24 July 2019). "Here's Literally Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Breast Bondage". Cosmopolitan.
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