Teabagging is aslang term for thesexual act involving placing thescrotum into the mouth of asexual partner forsexual pleasure, or onto the face or head of another person, sometimes as acomedic device.
The name of the practice, when it is done in a repeated in-and-out motion, is derived from its passing resemblance to the dipping of atea bag into a cup of hot water as a method ofbrewing tea. As a form ofnon-penetrative sex, it can be done for its own enjoyment or asforeplay.
Along with thepenis, the scrotum issensitive and considered to be anerogenous zone. This makes varying degrees ofstimulation an integral part oforal sex.[1][2] And while some may enjoy the stimulation, not everyone responds to it.[3] Sex experts have suggested various techniques that the performer can use duringfellatio to increase their partner's pleasure. These include gently sucking and tugging on the scrotum and use of lips to ensure minimal contact with their teeth.[4][5] It has also been recommended as a form of foreplay orsafer sex.[6][7] It presents a low risk oftransmission for many diseases, includingHIV.[8]
Its gain in prominence has been attributed to its depiction in the 1998 filmPecker, directed byJohn Waters.[9] It has since become popular enough with couples to be discussed during an episode of the television seriesSex and the City.[10]
Sex andrelationship experts have varying definitions on how the act is performed. According to columnistDan Savage, the person whose scrotum is being stimulated is known as "the teabagger" and the one giving the stimulation is "the teabaggee": "A teabagger dips sack; a teabaggee receives dipped sack."[11] Some consider the act to be as simple as fellatio involving the scrotum.[5] Others consider theposition to involve the man squatting over his reclined partner while thetesticles are repeatedly raised and lowered into the mouth. Whether licking andfondling is considered teabagging was once debated onThe Howard Stern Show.[12]
Teabagging invideo games involves a player character rapidly and repeatedly crouching over the corpse of another player-controlled character as a form of humiliation or to provoke the other player.[13] The practice likely originated from multiplayer communities in games such asQuake orCounter-Strike, and it became more prominent in laterfirst-person shooter games likeHalo: Combat Evolved.[14][15] The use of teabagging is now widespread invideo game culture, although some gamers consider it to be an act of bad sportsmanship or harassment.[16][17]
The act courted much controversy across June and July 2022 when two professional femaleValorant players received suspensions byRiot Games for criticizing people who had compared the act tosexual assault. In addition to the suspensions, the players were alsodoxxed.[18] The suspensions caused outrage in much of theValorant and wider internet community, with various commentators calling the comparison to real-world sexual violence as "out of control" and "absurd".[18][19]
The player known as Dawn, who received a three-month suspension for voicing her opinion, said of the situation: "I have watched [sexual assault] happen in broad daylight. It is not something you can compare to crouching in a video game. I was visibly upset by this, as were hundreds of thousands of people, and replied under her thread expressing my frustrations and concerns."[19]
Teabagging is not always carried outconsensually, such as when it is done as apractical joke,[9][20] which, in some jurisdictions, is legally consideredsexual assault orsexual battery.[21] It has been practiced duringhazing orbullying incidents, with reports including groups holding down victims while the perpetrator "shoved his testicles in [the victim's] face"[22] or puts his "crotch to his head".[23][24]
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