Soaking (sexual practice)

Soaking, also known as "marinading" or "floating",[1] is a sexual practice of inserting a penis into a vagina but not subsequently thrusting, reportedly used by Mormons as a purported loophole in the church's prohibition of premarital intercourse.[2] In 2021, a video about soaking went viral on TikTok.[3][4][5][6] The practice is said to sometimes be accompanied by "jump humping", which involves enlisting the help of a third person to bounce on the bed on which a couple is lying while they are engaged in soaking, thus generating the missing element of motion without allegedly making the couple responsible for the presence of the motion (or to use some other method of causing rhythmic bed motion, such as lying under the bed and pushing up from that position).[1][2] The third person has been termed the "bed jumper" or "Provo pusher".[1]

Some Mormons have said that soaking is an urban legend and not an actual practice by members of the church.[1]

The practice was covered in the Alpha House and Get Shorty television series.[7][8]