Edgeplay

In BDSM, edgeplay is a somewhat subjective term for types of sexual play that are on the edge of safe, sane and consensual. These forms of BDSM activity are regarded by many as inadvisable and dangerous.

Edgeplay may involve:

• the risk of 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
• use of alcohol or drugs (e.g. ecstasy, amyl nitrite)
• legal issues

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.