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Dogging & cottaging are OUT but thirst traps, dominatrixes & a new kink are in – inside Britain’s 2024 sexual fantasies
Experts believe the shift in attitude is down to platforms like TikTok and Instagram
BRITAIN’S most outrageous sex searches in 2024 have been revealed.
Demanding cash from “paypigs” has piqued thousands of people's interest, while millions are turning their back on looking for public spaces to have sex.
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Research commissioned by leading sex and relationship expert Rachel Thompson, in partnership with sex positive platform called Sensuali, analysed 160 million Google searches over the last five years.
The Google data, which looked at 100 kinky words, revealed that became even bigger business in 2024.
This practice, where someone posts on social media to spark desire in one or some of their followers, increased in searches by a staggering 335%.
Cheeky ladies and gentlemen were going crazy for "findom" over the last 12 months, with the term seeing a whopping 83% rise in searches.
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Findom is short for financial domination, and is a kink where two people engage in a power dynamic centered around money.
Both participants derive satisfaction from the exchange, with the dominant person enjoying the power of demanding money and the submissive finding sexual gratification in being financially controlled.
The submissive individual is often referred to as a “paypig”.
There is no requirement of intimacy in this fetish and the relationship can take place entirely online, indicating a rise in Brits utilising technology to receive sexual gratification.
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The sexual term which saw the greatest growth in searches was "gooning", which skyrocketed by 778%.
Gooning refers to a state of arousal or heightened pleasure from sensory overload, which could be through erotic hypnosis or even blindfolding your partner.
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Cutting off one of the senses, such as vision, will send the others into overdrive, upping your pleasure and chances of orgasm.
However, sexual appetites are definitely evolving, naughty behaviour that millions once desired is declining.
Brits have fallen out of love with dogging, spanking, and foreplay, indicating a shift in sexual preferences and behaviours.
Experts believe this is largely influenced by Instagram and TikTok and changing generational views.
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According to the findings, searches for the word "dogging", which is engaging in or getting pleasure from watching risky sexual activities in public places, has declined by 34%.
Another trend falling out of favour is playing with messy food substances while doing the deed, also known as ‘sloshing’, as it has declined by 54% in searches.
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The most dramatic decline was in searches for the term 'cottaging', which fell by 70%.
Cottaging involves engaging in risky liaisons in public toilets or secluded outdoor areas, with people finding the adrenaline rush of getting caught increases feelings of pleasure.
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