The most popular kinks and fetishes around the world

National Fetish Day: These are the top kinks in British bedrooms

Johannes was awarded ‘The Inspirational Public Figure’ at the Ethnicity Awards. Sure, you’ve heard of lighting candles to set a mood — but wax play goes beyond creating an ambiance. Wax play is a type of sensation play that involves dripping wax onto your partner, or having it dripped onto you. In honour of this special occasion, Killing Kittens, a company that organises sex parties for pleasure-seeking people (aren’t we all, really?), has revealed the top 10 fetishes in the UK through a new survey. The creative team also includes choreographer Leah Hill, set and costume designer Robert Jones, and musical supervisor George Dyer.

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  • Lee’s career spans over 30 years working on numerous large-scale theatre shows, events (and even the odd royal wedding) worldwide with industry leading producers and creative teams.
  • That’s really nice and there’s always a bit of conversation first.
  • An industrial set provides the scenic backdrop to the production which transforms seamlessly from factory floor to Lola’s club and even a fashion runway complete with Anna Wintour lookalike.
  • Half of those who took part also said they were comfortable openly chatting to friends about their kinks.

I think that there are still some taboos for people, but I don’t think it’s just because they’re British. And actually I think there’s quite an underworld of naughtiness in the UK. We do like things to be a little bit naughty and there’s something a little bit naughty about buying panties and knickers, worn knickers. I don’t know if everybody knows that, but here we call them knickers. I think there’s a couple of differences between the US and the UK, and other parts of the world actually. Apart from the fact that we call them knickers, I would say that when you get a message from a buyer in the UK they tend to be very polite.

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“The thrill of watching your lover have sex with another person is something that folks across the gender spectrum can find exciting and kinky,” Deysach says. At its most distilled, “an individual interested in bondage when they are interested in being restrained or restricted, or restraining or restricting their partner,” says Lisa Finn, a sex educator with sex-toy emporium Babeland. “It’s important to note that an age gap kink involves consenting adults (not children) pretending to be younger than they really are,” Deysach says. “A kink is a sexual interest that is outside of the ordinary,” says certified sex educator Javay Frye-Nekrasova, founder of The Millennial Sexpert and educator with Lovehoney. As any pleasure-seeker or social scroller knows, a kink isn’t just a knot in your neck.

” and you know “I really like your pictures” or “I’ve really enjoyed kinkie looking at your profile”. That’s really nice and there’s always a bit of conversation first. Runner-up for 2020 is having a foot fetish, which as of last night we also know that Love Island’s Finley Tapp is a fan of. If you’re intrigued by the prospect of playing with someone’s trotters, you can check out our helpful guide to feet 101. Having sexual preferences in the sack is completely normal and nothing to be ashamed about, with the exception being if it’s harmful to others, of course.

Some individuals might say they have a doggy style kink because they like to hit it from the back, for instance. Meanwhile, others might say they’re kinky because whips and chains excite them. Still, about half the population reports having interest in at least one non-vanilla sex act. Of course, what qualifies as ordinary sex — or vanilla sex — varies by person, as well as cultural context, and so does what qualifies as kinky. We identified an SSL certificate meaning that the data shared between your browser and the website is encrypted and cannot be read by others.