Frottage is sexual activity without penetration that can include any form of sexual rubbing, whether naked or clothed, for arousal or orgasm. Sexual behavior is a form of physical intimacy that may be directed to reproduction (one possible goal of sexual intercourse) and/or to the enjoyment of activity involving sexual gratification. ... Sexual penetration (as opposed to outercourse) typically involves the insertion of the penis into a bodily orifice. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Orgasm is the conclusion of the plateau phase of the sexual response cycle, shared by both men and women. ...

Frottage can include mutual genital rubbing, sometimes called genito-genital or GG rubbing:

• penile-vulval rubbing without penetration for a male-assigned and a female-assigned person
• frot, penile-penile rubbing for two males
• tribadism, vulval-vulval rubbing for two females

Also nonmutual genital rubbing: This article is about penis-penis sex. ... A possible tribadism position Tribadism or tribbing is female-to-female genital sex. ...

• intercrural intercourse, also known as interfemoral intercourse, placing the penis between a partner's thighs, from the front or rear
• mammary intercourse, putting the penis between the other person's breasts

• axillary intercourse, putting the penis in the other person's armpit.

• rubbing genitals against any part of the partner's body, such as clitoris against thigh or penis against abdomen.

Intercrural intercourse is a type of outercourse which involves placing the penis of one partner between the other partners thighs, either from the front or rear, and thrusting to create sexual pleasure. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-12-04, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... A pregnant womans breasts. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The armpit (or axilla) is the area on the human body directly under the joint where the arm connects to the shoulder. ...

Terminology

Frottage, more commonly known as dry humping, is the act of achieving sexual pleasure with a partner without penetration. This can include using almost every part of the body, including the buttocks, the breasts, abdomen, thighs, feet, hands, and sexual organs.

There are many reasons a couple may choose to dry hump. The most common reasons is either as a form of foreplay before intercourse or as a method of safe sex, being a safer tactic for sexual stimulation. Also, dry humping can be done without getting undressed, and perhaps this is preferable. Panties, bras, pantyhose, socks, or stockings can aid in sexual arousal and stimulation.

Etymology

The term frottage derives from the French verb "to rub": frotter.

Improper term

Three distinct terms derive from the French verb "to rub" frotter, that are not to be confused: frottage, frotteurism, and frot. Frottage is the preferred term for various forms of genital rubbing as part of normal sexual activity. Normal frottage is sometimes improperly called frotteurism, being confused with the sexual disorder called frotteurism that was once called frottage. Properly the term frotteurism has no meaning except the sexual disorder. Slang sometimes abbreviates frottage to "frot". Properly frot is the technical term for male-male genital sex.

Colloquialisms

• "dry humping", two people engaging in clothed frottage in a manner that simulates intercourse.
• "scrumping" a colloquialism for dry humping. A portmanteau of scratchy and humping.
• "grinding", "dubbing", or "freaking", a modern dancing style that involves partners rubbing their clothed bodies on one another.
• "frotteur geek", a colloquialism for a person with a devotion to an atypical scenario for frottage.

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Pop culture

The gay slang terms "Princeton rub"[1]," "Ivy League rub," and so on (referring to male-male frottage and/or interfemoral intercourse) presumably survive from the days when these colleges only admitted men. Inter-crural intercourse is a type of frottage practiced mainly by gay men. ...

The 1995 book Eccentric and Bizarre Behaviors by Louis R. Franzini and John M. Grossberg declares frottage, in the appropriate context, to be a perfectly normal sexual behavior for anyone "male or female, homosexual or heterosexual" in a chapter titled "Frottage." The bulk of the content of the chapter is dedicated to frotteurists and grinding. In psychiatry, the clinical term frotteurism (no longer called frottage) refers to a specific sexual disorder. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• Lap dances often involve clothed frottage.
• Sumata is a Japanese term for naked frottage between a man and a woman.