# Teabagging > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Teabagging > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Teabagging.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teabagging > Source revision: 1355379994 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Sexual act}} {{See also| Tea_Party_movement#"Teabagger"|l1="Teabagger" (epithet) in reference to participants in the US Tea Party movement}} thumb|A woman and man participating in teabagging '''''Teabagging''''' is a [slang](/source/slang) term for the [sexual act](/source/Human_sexual_activity) involving placing the [scrotum](/source/scrotum) into the mouth of a [sexual partner](/source/sexual_partner) for [sexual pleasure](/source/sexual_pleasure), or onto the face or head of another person, sometimes as a [comedic device](/source/comedic_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 a [tea bag](/source/tea_bag) into a cup of hot water as a method of [brewing](/source/Steeping) tea. As a form of [non-penetrative sex](/source/non-penetrative_sex), it can be done for its own enjoyment or as [foreplay](/source/foreplay). ==Oral sex== Along with the [penis](/source/human_penis), the scrotum is [sensitive](/source/Sensitivity_(human)) and considered to be an [erogenous zone](/source/erogenous_zone). This makes varying degrees of [stimulation](/source/stimulation) an integral part of [oral sex](/source/oral_sex).{{cite book|last1=MacLeod |first1=Debra |last2=MacLeod |first2=Don |title=Lip Service: A His and Hers Guide to the Art of Oral Sex & Seduction|publisher=Penguin Group|year=2009|pages=141–142|isbn=978-1-58542-696-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htH8JeSH9XwC&q=tea+bagging&pg=PA142}}{{cite web |last=Allison |first=Sadie |title=Oral Sex Tips and Techniques for Women |url=http://www.savvymiss.com/love-advice/sex-advice/sex-sex-sex-archive/article/eight-unique-oral-sex-techniques-6522.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103061618/http://www.savvymiss.com/love-advice/sex-advice/sex-sex-sex-archive/article/eight-unique-oral-sex-techniques-6522.html |archive-date=3 January 2015 |access-date=4 June 2014 |website=Savvy Miss}} And while some may enjoy the stimulation, not everyone responds to it.{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Ryan |date=September 6, 2010 |title=6 Things We Have To Stop Doing During Sex |url=http://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-oconnell/2012/09/6-things-we-have-to-stop-doing-during-sex/ |access-date=4 June 2014 |website=Thought Catalog}} Sex experts have suggested various techniques that the performer can use during [fellatio](/source/fellatio) 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.{{cite book |last=Anderson |first=Dan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_LIEYGxBZdgC&q=teabagging&pg=PA94 |title=Sex Tips for Gay Guys |publisher=Macmillan |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-312-28873-0 |edition=reprint, illustrated |page=94}}{{cite book|last=Paget|first=Lou|title=How to be a great lover: girlfriend-to-girlfriend totally explicit techniques that will blow his mind|publisher=Random House|year=1999|pages=[https://archive.org/details/howtobegreatlove00page/page/148 148], 151|isbn=978-0-7679-0287-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/howtobegreatlove00page}} It has also been recommended as a form of foreplay or [safer sex](/source/safer_sex).{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/dating/love_tip_250/275_love_tip.html|title=5 Fun Foreplay Positions|publisher=[AskMen.com](/source/AskMen.com)|access-date=24 March 2010}}{{cite book|last=Fulbright|first=Yvonne K.|title=The Hot Guide to Safer Sex|publisher=Hunter House|year=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/hotguidetosafers0000fulb/page/217 217]|isbn=978-0-89793-407-7|url=https://archive.org/details/hotguidetosafers0000fulb|url-access=registration|quote=teabagging.}} It presents a low risk of [transmission for many diseases](/source/Sexually_Transmitted_Disease), including [HIV](/source/HIV%2FAIDS).{{cite web |last=Frascino|first=Bob|date=August 11, 2007 |title=Teabagging special... |url=http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Q186321.html |access-date=4 June 2014 |website=TheBody}} Its gain in prominence has been attributed to its depiction in the 1998 film ''[Pecker](/source/Pecker_(film))'', directed by [John Waters](/source/John_Waters).{{cite book |last=Baker |first=Paul |url=https://archive.org/details/fantabulosadicti0000bake |title=Fantabulosa: The Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-8264-7343-1 |edition=reprint |page=201 |url-access=registration}} It has since become popular enough with couples to be discussed during an episode of the television series ''[Sex and the City](/source/Sex_and_the_City)''.{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Cynthia W.|title=The Bedside Orgasm Book: 365 Days of Sexual Ecstasy|publisher=Fair Winds|year=2005|page=293|isbn=1-59233-101-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8qtd61hoB8C&q=The+Bedside+Orgasm+Book:+365+Days+of+Sexual+Ecstasy+teabagging&pg=PA293}} [Sex](/source/Sexual_intercourse) and [relationship](/source/Intimate_relationship) experts have varying definitions on how the act is performed. According to columnist [Dan Savage](/source/Dan_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."{{cite news |last=Savage |first=Dan |date=April 23, 2009 |title=Savage Love |work=[The Stranger](/source/The_Stranger_(newspaper)) |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=1473684 |access-date=April 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419114238/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=1473684 |archive-date=April 19, 2010}} Some consider the act to be as simple as fellatio involving the scrotum. Others consider the [position](/source/Sex_position) to involve the man squatting over his reclined partner while the [testicle](/source/testicle)s are repeatedly raised and lowered into the mouth. Whether licking and [fondling](/source/fondling) is considered teabagging was once debated on ''[The Howard Stern Show](/source/The_Howard_Stern_Show)''.{{cite book|last=Marx|first=Eve|title=What's Your Sexual IQ?|publisher=Citadel Press|year=2004|page=91|isbn=978-0-8065-2610-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYTThJX7Vq8C&q=teabagging&pg=PA85}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ==In video games== {{Listen | image = 50px | help = no | filename = U.S. Marines teabagging each other in the barracks.webm | alt = | start= 7 | title = Marines teabagging | description = U.S. Marines demonstrating teabagging as commonly done in video games. }} Teabagging in [video games](/source/Video_game) 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.{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Maddy |date=3 November 2017 |title=The Ups And Downs Of Teabagging In Pro Gaming |url=https://kotaku.com/the-ups-and-downs-of-teabagging-in-pro-gaming-1820089113 |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=Kotaku |language=en-us}} The practice likely originated from multiplayer communities in games such as [''Quake''](/source/Quake_(video_game)) or ''[Counter-Strike](/source/Counter-Strike)'', and it became more prominent in later [first-person shooter games](/source/First-person_shooter) like ''[Halo: Combat Evolved](/source/Halo%3A_Combat_Evolved)''.{{Cite web |last=Meers |first=Whitney |date=2020-03-22 |title=Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Teabagging In Video Games |url=https://www.thegamer.com/teabagging-video-games/ |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=TheGamer |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Teabagging|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/teabagging|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Know Your Meme|date=9 April 2018 }} The use of teabagging is now widespread in [video game culture](/source/video_game_culture), although some gamers consider it to be an act of bad sportsmanship or harassment.{{Cite web |last=Hou |first=Philip |date=2020-08-26 |title=Why Does Teabagging in Video Games Remain So Popular? |url=https://www.cbr.com/why-teabagging-popular-video-games/ |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}{{cite news|last=Najib|first=Aminy|date=September 22, 2008|title=The Art and History of Tea Bagging|work=[The Stony Brook Press](/source/The_Stony_Brook_Press)|url=http://www.sbpress.com/2008/09/the-art-and-history-of-tea-bagging/|access-date=April 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713082325/http://www.sbpress.com/2008/09/the-art-and-history-of-tea-bagging/|archive-date=July 13, 2010}} The act courted much controversy across June and July 2022 when two professional female ''[Valorant](/source/Valorant)'' players received suspensions by [Riot Games](/source/Riot_Games) for criticizing people who had compared the act to [sexual assault](/source/sexual_assault). In addition to the suspensions, the players were also [doxxed](/source/Doxing).{{Cite web |last=penguinz0 |author-link=Cr1TiKaL |date=Jul 26, 2022 |title=These Bans Are Out of Control |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q1E6drfsls |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=YouTube}} The suspensions caused outrage in much of the ''Valorant'' and wider internet community, with various commentators calling the comparison to real-world sexual violence as "out of control" and "absurd".{{Cite web |last=Amos |first=Andrew |date=Jul 25, 2022 |title=Riot bans two Valorant players after Galorants "teabagging" controversy |url=https://www.dexerto.com/valorant/riot-bans-two-valorant-players-after-galorants-teabagging-controversy-1883150/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Dexerto |language=en}} 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." ==Controversy== ===Social ridicule and harassment=== Teabagging is not always carried out [consensually](/source/Consent), such as when it is done as a [practical joke](/source/practical_joke),One example is performing the act on a person who is asleep with a wide open mouth. which, in some jurisdictions, is legally considered [sexual assault](/source/sexual_assault) or [sexual battery](/source/sexual_battery).{{cite web |author=Winegardner |first=Mark |date=November 14, 2012 |title=LSU-Bama Fans: The Last Time They Met |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/page/LSU-Bama-Fans/last-time-met |work=ESPN The Magazine}} It has been practiced during [hazing](/source/hazing) or [bullying](/source/bullying) incidents, with reports including groups holding down victims while the perpetrator "shoved his testicles in [the victim's] face"{{cite web|url=http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=6927&issue=950|title=Is forcible 'tea-bagging' just hazing?|last=DeKoven|first=Robert|date=9 March 2006|work=[Gay and Lesbian Times](/source/Gay_and_Lesbian_Times)|access-date=2009-11-02|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915174452/http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=6927&issue=950|archive-date=15 September 2008}} or puts his "[crotch](/source/crotch) to his head".{{cite news |last=Linde |first=Aaron |date=25 January 2008 |title=Halo Inspires Schoolyard Bullies to Teabag Victims |work=Shacknews (from Asbury Park Press) |url=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50966 |access-date=2009-10-12}}{{cite web |last=John |date=April 4, 2006 |title=2nd Circuit Provides Handy Legal Definition of "Tea-Bagging" |url=http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003197.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401133238/http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003197.html |archive-date=Apr 1, 2007 |access-date=2007-05-20 |website=The Legal Reader}} ==See also== *{{lang|ja-latn|[Kanchō](/source/Kanch%C5%8D)}} *{{Lang|nl|[Swaffelen](/source/Swaffelen)}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Wiktionary-inline|teabag|teabagged|teabagging}} {{sex}} {{Sexual slang}} Category:Oral eroticism Category:Practical jokes Category:Sex- and gender-related slurs Category:Scrotum Category:Sexual acts Category:Sexual slang --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Teabagging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teabagging) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teabagging?action=history)). 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