BDSM Lexicon · Role play

Nursing

Nursing refers within BDSM to a form of caring or nurturing play, in which one of the partners takes on the role of caregiver, nurse, or nurturing figure. The term comes from the English word “to nurse” - to care for, comfort, or feed - and can range from gentle, caring attention to symbolic or actual breastfeeding (adult nursing).

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