What is ‘soaking’? The Mormon teen sex act going viral

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A new viral video reveals what Mormon teens are doing to get around the “no sex” rule: It’s penetration without “thrusting,” an act known as “soaking” and its hashtag has some 25.5 million tags on TikTok to date.

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What’s more, in order for the couple to further benefit from soaking, a friend helps them out by bouncing on the bed next to them to get things moving, or “jump-humping.”

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“When I returned from my Mormon mission and moved to Provo, Utah, I heard rumors about ‘soaking,’ which is when a male places his penis in a woman’s vagina and that is it. No moving. No thrusting. No orgasms,” 36-year-old Gary Knauer, who lives in Oregon, told The Post. “I talked to a few friends who had ‘soaked.’ I hear that Mormons still do this.”

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“While on my mission, I had several discussions with my fellow missionaries concerning sex in general. Some talked about soaking. Some would discuss that anal sex is also away to ‘keep one’s virginity,'” recalled Knauer

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“I never practiced soaking. I was the sinner who actually finished the job.”

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“Even more troubling is that ‘forgiveness’ for having participated in ‘soaking’ or ‘jump-humping’ will likely come easier to the young men than the young women who will still be viewed as ‘unclean,’ making them less worthy of marriage.”

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