Sexual roleplay

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A bondage scenario using period costumes

Sexual roleplay is

roleplay that has a strong erotic element. It may involve two or more people who act out roles in order to bring to life a sexual fantasy[1] and may be a form of foreplay and be sexually arousing. Many people regard sexual roleplay as a means of overcoming sexual inhibitions
. It may take place in the real world, or via an internet forum, chat-room, video-game, or email—allowing for physically or virtually impossible erotic interests to be enacted.

How seriously the play is taken depends on the participants, and the scenario may be anywhere from simple and makeshift to detailed and elaborate, including costumes and a script. The role-play may involve a fantasy based on any

.

Depending on the play scenario, the roleplay may be before spectators, and bystanders may be unknowing participants in a roleplay. For example, the roleplay may involve house guests or may be taken out of a couple's home and into, say, a bar, street, park etc. A role may require, for example, one or both partners to flirt with a stranger, or for one partner to seduce the other partner's friend, etc. It may also call for one or both partners to, say, strip in a car or park.

The popularity of the Internet has also allowed for online sexual encounters, known as cybersex, which may involve roleplay. In a 2015 US survey, up to 22% of respondents stated that they had performed sexual role play in their lifetime.[2]

BDSM

Many of the most common sexual roleplays involve a power differential and form part of the

bottom or submissive. It can be considered dangerous and therefore a safeword
is advised to continue the safety of other(s) in such acts.

Examples of scenarios

Uniform fetish
: A Japanese woman dressed as a school student.

Common scenarios include:

  • Burglary
  • Doctor/Nurse/Patient: medical fetishism where the participants play the roles of doctor, nurse, or patient, e.g., enema play.[3]
  • Escort – Client: one partner assumes the role of paid escort for an encounter.
  • Executive – Secretary: one partner assumes the role of a business executive while the other takes the role of their secretary.
  • tradesman
    enters the housewife's home initially with the intent of carrying out plumbing/maintenance work.
  • Master – Slave: the slave is required to comply with all demands of the master.
  • Photographer – Model: this allows one partner to photograph the other as a precursor to sexual interaction.
  • Stripper – Client: one participant performs a striptease for the other.
  • Teacher – Student: the student dresses for the part and must do as they are told, or are punished.
  • Circus master - Lion: the lion is given a demand and must do it for the sake of entertainment.
  • Sex doll - Doll owner: the sex doll must stay still and be obedient.
  • Pilot – flight attendant: One partner takes on the role of the pilot while the other plays a seductive flight attendant.
  • Mechanic – client: While one partner plays the mechanic the other takes on the role of the client. The client tries to pay the mechanic via seduction.
  • Soldier – girlfriend: A returning soldier is surprised by his girlfriend in a stunning lingerie set.[4]

Other scenarios include:

Sexologist Gloria Brame lists a number of these scenarios,[5] as does Trevor Jacques.[6]

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