Soaking (sexual practice)

Soaking is a sexual practice of inserting the penis into the vagina but not subsequently thrusting or ejaculating, reportedly used by some Mormons, also known as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Soaking is reportedly used as a loophole to the LDS Church’s strict rules against premarital sex. LDS Church leaders do not support this view, instead teaching that “it is wrong to touch the private […] parts of another person’s body” outside of marriage. There are no published scholarly surveys or research around the prevalence of the practice. Some Latter-day Saints have said that soaking is only an urban legend, while others have given firsthand accounts of having practiced it themselves.