Humiliation is a subjective issue and is dependent on context. It may be part of BDSM and other sexual roleplay, or accompanied by the sexual stimulation of the genitals (or other erotic region) of one or both parties in the activity.
It is sometimes performed before spectators, including pornography and webcam viewers. This can be for either the person(s) being humiliated and demeaned or the person(s) humiliating, or both. Humiliation of a man being forced to kneel and hold a dominatrix's purse with his mouth while being caned at Folsom Street Fair in USA.Įrotic humiliation is consensual psychological humiliation performed in order to produce erotic excitement or sexual arousal.