In BDSM, edgeplay is a subjective term for types of sexual play that are "on the edge" of the traditional safe, sane and consensual creed. These forms of BDSM activity are regarded by many as inadvisable and dangerous, and it is nearly universally held that they should not be attempted without proper training, supervision, safety precautions, etc. as appropriate. A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. ... Safe, sane and consensual (SSC) is one of several phrases used by a large section of the BDSM and sexual bondage communities to describe themselves and their philosophies who regard SSC to be a watchword for safety. ...

Edgeplay may involve:

• the risk of serious, even permanent harm or death (such as branding, body modification, breathplay, gunplay)
• increased risk of spreading disease (E.g. cuttings, bloodplay)
• psychological danger (from such practices as humiliation play, incest fantasies)
• social taboos (for example, ageplay, scat fetishism, racial slurs)
• controversial topics like total power exchange, anonymous rape and abduction scenes, zoophilia

What constitutes edgeplay varies with the persons involved, and also over time. In the mid-nineties, the Living in Leather convention did not have panels on ageplay or scat because they were considered too edgy. By 2000 they were part of the regular list programming. Body modification (or body alteration) is the permanent or semi-permanent deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons, such as spiritual or aesthetic. ... In BDSM, breathplay refers to the practice of restricting or controlling the flow of air and thus oxygen into the body of one or more participants also known as asphyxiation. ... In BDSM, gunplay is used to refer to the practice of including actual or sometimes simulated firearms into a scene. ... Bloodplay is the BDSM practice of cutting or inflicting injury onto a consensual partner in order to cause the person to bleed (e. ... In BDSM, humiliation is one psychological technique a top may use on a bottom. ... Incest is the sexual activity or marriage between close family members. ... A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom declared as sacred and forbidden; breaking of the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society. ... Ageplay is a type of sexual roleplaying or BDSM in which a person pretends to be an infant, child or adolescent. ... Coprophilia is a paraphilia consisting of the condition of feeling sexual excitement focused on feces, often in conjunction with BDSM or infantilism. ... Total Power Exchange or TPE is a derivative of the concept of power exchange in a D/s relationship. ... Leda and the Swan, a 16th century copy after a lost painting by Michelangelo, 1530 (National Gallery, London) Zoophilia (from the Greek Zoon, animal, and Philia, friendship or love) is a paraphilia, defined as an affinity or sexual attraction by a human to non-human animals. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...