Kink 1.01: Dogging
Do you like to watch?
Dogging is a kink that revolves around watching other people having sex.
The term is believed to have originated in the 1970s. It's not particularly clear why it's called Dogging - there's a suggesting that it relates to men heading to the park at night to "walk the dog" or maybe because if you're watching someone it can be described as "dogging" their every move.
The most common scenario for dogging is when a couple is having sex in a car and other men are standing around the car watching them.
While in theory, it could be two guys having sex in the car, the reality is that Dogging seems to be a fairly hetero pastime. It's guys that do the watching and the sex that they want to watch is a man fucking a woman.
Dogging doesn't have to be confined to a car - it can also happen on a beach.
Gareth Johnson
The naturist beach at Cap d'Agde in France is renowned as a dogging hot-spot.
The motivation of the women who are the centre of attention in a dogging scenario seems to be fairly straightforward. If you have a bit of an exhibitionist kink and want to feel sexy and desired - living out that porn-star fantasy - then having an appreciative audience of guys will tick a lot of boxes.
What is less clear is the motivation of the guys that like to watch.
On a recent visit to Cap d'Agde, I got to observe this variation of dogging up close.
You could feel the sexual tension on the beach. There was effectively a pack of 20-30 guys who were on the lookout for any sexual activity. As soon as something began to happen - a straight couple beginning to get intimate in some way - the pack circled around the couple. The surrounding guys watching intently, stroking themselves, paying no attention to each other, but not attempting to get involved in the action in any way.
There doesn't seem to be any evolutionary explanation as to why dogging would somehow trigger our primal instincts. It seems as if it's just a kink that some men really connect with. We don't need to overthink our kinks but the collective nature of dogging is fascinating to observe.
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Gareth Johnson