Do you like to watch or be watched? Have you ever heard the term “dogging?”
Folks who get off on seeing and being scene, on public sex or voyeurism and exhibitionism, sometimes describe their kinky interests as dogging.
What Is Dogging?
Dogging is a term in British slang that means having sex in public or semi-public spaces, or getting turned on by watching other people having sex in open public spaces.
For at least twenty years, dogging has been a kink or fetish helped by Internet communication, with couples and others texting or notifying interested horny dogging fetishists in order to connect.
The original term goes back to the 50s and refers to spying on people having sex in cars. Today dogging is about consensual arrangements to watch and perform. Dogging is popular in consensual communities interested in meeting to show off frisky vibes, both watching and performing for those watching.
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Where Does Dogging Happen?
Dogging hot spots are specific parking lots, outlooks, park areas, beachfront regions, woodland, or public toilets known to those who get off on dogging.
But organized encounters between dogging enthusiasts can be arranged anywhere.
Dogging lovers might make love in their car in a secluded parking lot, or they might get busy in an alleyway, a field of daisies, or against the hood of their Corvette. They might pull up to watch another couple making love in their own car, or flash their interior light to signal to others they are happy to be seen.
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Why Is It Called Dogging?
The origins of “dogging” are not entirely clear. To “dog” someone means to watch or follow them closely, so it’s easy to make the leap to a related fetish. Some say the term developed a sexual connotation when dog walkers in the park used the cover of their pooch’s natural requirements for their voyeuristic interests.
Others say the term comes from the fact that dogs naturally hump, jump, and screw in front of anyone around, and are curious about others doing it too. And because dogs do it in the park!
Scotland’s Sunday Herald reported some twenty years ago, “’The term dogging originated in the early 1970s to describe men who spied on couples having sex outdoors—these men would dog the couples’ every move and watch them.'”
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Dogging Origins
People have been “dogging” since time immemorial, even if it went by some other name, or no name. People have been peeping at others in the nude or making love, or showing themselves to others, as part of our spectrum of sexual fantasies and expressions.
Guys who go around looking for sex to spy on have historically been known as “peeping toms” and dismissed as perverts—but that is because dogging without consent is for the dogs.
Dogging in modern parlance is almost a kind of swinging—trysts are organized online in advance, and certain places are dogging hotspots, known to the “dogging community” as portals of steamy action.
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Why Do People Enjoy Dogging?
Dogging appeals to our sense of adventure. It’s exciting because it takes sexual excitement out of the bedroom and brings novelty, and breaks taboos. Dogging offers new adventures sexually with willing participants.
Sex in Public
Those who are turned on by sex in public have long enjoyed finding a secluded spot where curious onlookers might find them and be equally excited. Just the possibility can ramp up arousal, even if no one does walk past.
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Group Sex
Folks who are into group sex, swinging, orgies, partner swapping, threesomes, and more, may enjoy dogging activities because they can connect online with like-minded lovers and meet to hook up.
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Voyeurism and Exhibition
Those who feel they are part of classic kinks like voyeurism and exhibitionism enjoy being part of a show or audience, and though the element of surprise is not part of dogging, knowing everyone involved has consented can make watching showing off in the dogging context especially hot, because everyone can relax.
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If you are into sex in public, doing it in front of other people, joining other lovers or couples for group sex, or watching other people make love, dogging might be an exciting adventure that awaits.
Dogging Etiquette
Dogging etiquette is mostly about common sense in common areas.
Don’t disturb the peace, don’t vandalize, don’t litter condoms everywhere, don’t make a lot of noise, and don’t dog where children or unsuspecting families are having Sunday picnics.
Don’t break anonymity principles. Don’t trespass on people’s properties without permission. Stay away from areas of prostitution and drug dealing.
By behaving respectfully, chances of danger or legal trouble are greatly reduced.
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Is Dogging Legal?
Whether or not dogging is legal depends where you are located in the world and what the rules are for public sex.
There are rules in most places against public nudity and indecent acts.
Most free world nations won’t enforce criminal action against consenting randy lovers even if they’re getting frisky in public—if they’re discreet. Things get tricky though if someone who doesn’t want to see the action ends up involved.
Dogging has landed some people on the sex offender registries. You can land in hot water if someone who doesn’t want to see something does see something. So be careful and make sure everyone involved meant to be present!
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Is dogging something you want to try? Or are you already dogging? Do tell.
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