Body worship

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Body worship is the practice of physically revering a part of another person's body, and is usually done as a submissive act in the context of BDSM. It is often an expression of erotic fetishism [1] but it can also be used as part of service-oriented submission [2] or sexual roleplay. It typically involves kissing, licking or sucking parts of a dominant's body [3] such as the vulva, [4] the penis, [5] the buttocks, [6] the feet, [7] the breasts or the muscles. [8] Body worship was included in the introductory classes on BDSM introduced in 2003 by the Society of Janus, the largest BDSM educational organisation in San Francisco. [9]

Dominatrices sometimes use body worship as part of dominance and submission. [10] This may involve a submissive stroking, massaging or bathing the dominatrix [11] or kissing and licking her buttocks. [6] In addition the submissive may required to perform cunnilingus (sometimes called "full-body worship") [12] or anilingus on her. These activities may take place during facesitting (sometimes called "queening"), in which the dominatrix sits on the submissive's face. [6] A muscle worship fetish may be catered for by a dominatrix who is also a bodybuilder. [13]

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