Recently named the 2024 Fetish of the Year by Clips4Sale, a macrophilia fetish, involves “sexual fantasies related to giant persons, whether male (giant) or female (giantess),” sociologist Sarah Melancon, PhD, previously told Cosmo. Though this kink may seem harmless, it's still important and necessary to negotiate your praise before indulging it during play.

Whether you have a kink, a fetish, or prefer to stick to a more vanilla way of life, the important thing to remember is that what you do (or want to do or fantasize about doing) is yours to experience and define as you see fit—and there should be exactly zero shame attached to it. When beginning to explore sensory deprivation, it’s a good idea to start slowly, because sometimes reactions are difficult to predict.As opposed to rushing over the finish line, those that edge like to keep it in view, dance up to it, and then back away,” says DeGray. This precaution becomes more important the harder you’re hitting, or the harder the tool you’re using. It varies wildly, “with dedicated practitioners sometimes engaging in edging sessions that can last for multiple days or even longer,” per DeGray.

And she also would've learned that her partner was into urophilia, or a fetish for "people who are sexually aroused by being urinated on, also colloquially known as 'water sports,'" says Lehmiller. Primal play is a form of sexual activity in which partners leave behind the more “rational” or “logical” sides of themselves and tap into their animal instincts.

When someone has a 'breeding kink,' they are often into ejaculation, having cum (whether it’s semen, some sort of homemade cum recipe, or one of the many kinds of lube made to look like cum) inside of them, and dirty talk about pregnancy,” says kink educator Sinclair Sexsmith. In this activity, partners role play and act as if they are different ages than what they actually are.