Frottage (sexology)



         


In the context of human sexual behavior, frottage or frotteurism is the act of obtaining sexual gratification by rubbing one's (clothed or naked) body against another person. Frotteurism carries a connotation of "anonymous and discreet rubbing" in a public place—like on a crowded train. The contact may be mutual or a one-way exchange. A person who practises frotteurism is known as a frotteur. As with most other sexual practices, frottage with a non-consenting person is regarded as a form of sexual assault in most jurisdictions.

Frot (short for frottage) or "phrot" (alternate spelling) among homosexual men tends to imply penis to penis rubbing in a conventional private context. Advocates of this practice represent it as a safer and more erotic alternative to anal sex. The female equivalent is sometimes referred to as tribadism.

Two people engaging in clothed frottage in a manner that simulates intercourse is known in the vernacular as "dry humping". A modern dancing style which involves partners rubbing their clothed bodies on one another is called grinding.

see also: outercourse, interfemoral intercourse

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