RACK stands for Risk Aware Consensual Kink. It's an ethical framework within the BDSM community, developed as a complement or alternative to SSC (Safe, Sane, Consensual).

Scat — also known as scatophilia or coprophilia — refers to the erotic involvement of feces as a sexual practice. It belongs to the more extreme forms of body fluid play and appeals to people who find erotic charge in crossing one of society's strongest taboos.

Soft Cock Pleasure refers to gentle, pleasurable stimulation of the penis regardless of whether an erection occurs. The focus is on sensation rather than performance.

A Switch is a person who can take on both dominant and submissive roles — depending on the situation, the person they're with, or their mood. The term comes from the BDSM scene and doesn't describe indecision, but genuine flexibility within one's own sexuality.

Striptease refers to the slow, erotic act of undressing — often accompanied by music, movement, and deliberate play with gaze and tension. It's one of the oldest forms of erotic performance and, at the same time, one of the most accessible.

A Strap-On is a dildo attached to the body with a harness — enabling penetration independent of anatomy. Strap-ons have been used in many different contexts.

SSC stands for Safe, Sane, Consensual and is one of the best-known foundational principles in the BDSM community. It describes a framework for consensual erotic practices.

Squirting refers to the release of fluid from the urethra during sexual arousal or orgasm — also known as female ejaculation. It's a physiological response that doesn't occur in everyone with a vulva, and even among those it does occur for, it doesn't happen every time.

Spanking refers to deliberately striking the buttocks — with the hand, a paddle, a belt, or other implements. It's one of the most widespread BDSM practices there is, and at the same time one of the most accessible — because it requires no special equipment.

Soft Dom refers to a form of dominance that doesn't rely on harsh punishment, humiliation, or intense physical practices — but is still clear and takes the lead.

Slow Sex is a deliberate practice that slows sex down — radically. Instead of being oriented toward orgasm and intensity, Slow Sex focuses on presence, sensation, and the quality of each moment.

Slave refers, in a BDSM context, to a person who fully submits to and serves another person — in posture, behavior, decisions, and actions.

Shibari — Japanese for "to bind" — is the Japanese art of erotic and aesthetic rope bondage. It's one of the oldest and most intricate forms of bondage, combining craftsmanship, aesthetics, and a deep interpersonal dynamic.

Sexual Assistance refers to professional support in fulfilling the sexual needs of people with physical, intellectual, or psychological disabilities. It's based on the understanding that sexuality is a fundamental human need.

Sex & Intimacy Coaching refers to professional guidance in exploring and developing one's own sexuality and intimacy. It's not classic coaching in the business sense — but a form of guided self-exploration that addresses the physical, emotional, and communicative aspects of sexuality and relationships.

Sensual Touch refers to a form of conscious, mindful touch that treats the entire body as an erogenous zone. It's not massage in the classic sense, and not sex in the conventional sense — it's about the quality of the touch itself: slow, present, attentive.

Sensual Dominance refers to a form of dominance that works primarily through sensuality — through touch, voice, gaze, atmosphere, and targeted stimulation rather than through harsh punishment or intense physical practices.

Sensory Deprivation refers to the deliberate restriction or elimination of one or more senses in order to intensify the remaining senses and create a state of heightened body awareness.

Sensory Play — also called sensation play — refers to the deliberate use of different sensory stimuli to create intense physical and emotional states — through touch, temperature, pain, vibration, pressure, or texture.

A safeword is a pre-agreed word or signal that immediately stops everything in a BDSM session — no discussion, no delay, no consequences. It's the most important safety tool in BDSM and the foundation of any consensual power dynamic.