QUESTION: What is a sploshing fetish and how common is it?

What is “sploshing” or wet and messy fetishism?

Sploshing is a fetish where people enjoy being inside of, covered in, sitting on, etc. jelly-like or food substances. This can include food play - such as cake sitting, being covered in frosting during sex and all that good stuff.

It can also include non-food substances like shaving cream, jell-o, large amounts of lube, paint, etc. Basically, it’s when you get a lot of sexual enjoyment from copious amounts of wet messiness during sexual play - whether you’re actually having sex or not.

How common this fetish really is.

Data on the prevalence of this fetish is pretty sparse - not exactly shocking considering scientists probably aren’t too keen on doing widespread research on people being smothered in jelly during a bang sesh (prudes), but this fetish is pretty niche. While lots of people incorporate food into the bedroom (think chocolate sauce etc).

The desire for this play as an actual fetish is a different story. A fetish is when someone requires, needs, or really really wants a certain thing in order to have full sexual arousal and/or enjoyment. Making the distinction between what is a “fun thing to try” and a fetish is important when talking about all sexual behaviors because people have myriad reasons for liking what they like and why. Knowing just HOW important getting into a baby pool filled with jell-o is to your partner may determine how likely you are to be interested in a relationship, serious/sexual/whatever.

The appeal of sploshing.

There are so many reasons people love what they love and the only people who can truly answer this are sploshers themselves. But, the appeal seems to be the tactile feeling of the substance and in the case of food, also the tasting of things - it’s really an extreme form of sensory play in some ways. It’s about being turned on by messiness, slipperiness, and all that other sloshy goodness. It’s important not to yuck anyone else’s yum. Human sexuality is complex and we shouldn’t judge anyone on what they like - as long as everyone involved is a consenting adult and the play is safe.

Do whatever makes you happy, babe. If you’re into this, get it. You can find people who love it, too. If you’re not, that’s also fine. Different strokes for different folx, y’all.

XOXO GIGI

This article originally appeared as an interview with InsideHook