What is edging?

Sex and Edging

Edging is a technique or practice of bringing yourself or your partner close to, or to the edge of orgasm, and then backing off or decreasing stimulation.

The focus is on building up arousal, and delaying orgasm.

It is pleasurable stimulation right up to the peak before climax, and then dialing it back. Then, building arousal again to the brink of orgasm, stopping stimulation, waiting, and building up again. This can be done repeatedly or for as long as you or your partner are able to hold off climax. One benefit of exploring this practice is that is causes you to slow down the sexual experience.

It is an exploration time of building arousal

A way of getting curious and possibly discovering more ways or places in your body that bring you pleasure and heighten your arousal.

Edging is a technique that takes practice and time to master. If you are going to explore it with a partner, you will want to have good communication! Talk about expectations and timing and be sure you both consent to exploring arousal in this way. You might even have a word or phrase that indicates you want to move into your orgasm so that the experience doesn’t lead to frustration for either you or your partner.
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  • Women may practice this solo to learn more about their own body. They can gain understanding of what their body responds to, how to increase arousal, and different stimulation they enjoy and that allows them to reach orgasm.

  • Some women describe the orgasm as more intense and lasting longer when they do get to final release. ⁣

  • Some men use this technique to get in tune with their bodies and learn to delay climax and ejaculation.

  • One of the benefits is that it slows your experience down and extends it.⁣

  • Practicing edging can help people become more fully attuned to their body and arousal.

  • Couples want to introduce something new into their sexual experience together.⁣

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