How to Do Cock and Ball Torture (CBT)

A Complete Guide (Including Tools) to Cock & Ball Torture

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The world of erotic pleasure and pain is diverse and multifaceted. Among its most tantalizing and taboo aspects is Cock and Ball Torture (CBT). This practice, as our recent podcast episode with sex educator Lisa Finn reveals, is both an art and a science. It’s an area of kink that’s intriguing and fascinating, with many layers of complexity and subtlety.

The allure of CBT lies in the balance between physical sensations and psychological play. From the application of pain to the use of degradation and humiliation, CBT incorporates a variety of techniques and practices to create a unique erotic experience. For some, the appeal of CBT is in the taboo nature of the activity. For others, it’s about exploring new levels of sensation and intensity.

What is Cock and Ball Torture?

According to Finn, CBT can stand for cock and ball torture or cock and ball torment. “Some people prefer the word torment if they’re talking a little bit more about the mental side of things rather than the physical side of things, and then some people will just refer to it as cock and ball play, so that’s a little bit more overarching, ” says Finn. “It doesn’t necessarily mean that there has to be any sort of masochism involved, but essentially it is a sexual activity that involves the application of sensation, usually a really intense sensation, commonly pain, to the penis and testicles for the sake of pleasure.”

While cock and ball torture focuses more on the physical sensations, there are also psychological aspects including degradation and humiliation.

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Does CBT Always Include Humiliation?

Cock and ball torture doesn’t have to include humiliation or degradation. CBT can be something as simple as enjoying the sensation of really, really tight underwear and feeling really compressed. It could also be liking the idea of someone threatening your cock, not actually doing anything to it. The scope is vast and broad.

What Sensations are Encompassed in Cock and Ball Torture?

According to Finn, there is a huge range of sensations included in the CBT kink. “You can go from milder sensations like using a feather tickling the balls, a Wartenberg wheel, or maybe using your nails to sort of scratch along the surface” explains Finn. “Maybe it’s something more intense, like adding pressure, impact play, and using hot wax.”

Additional forms of CBT pensation play include:

• Kicking and ball-busting: An example is when the Domme puts intense impact or pressure, such as stepping on the testicles.
• Overstimulation: Includes activities like holding a really powerful vibrator against the cock to the point where it gets overstimulated.
• Constriction play: Includes cock and ball rings.
• Male Chastity play: Using a cock cage that restricts access to the cock.
• Temperature play includes the cock really cold or making the cock really warm.
• Urethral play, including sounding: This involves inserting objects or fingers into the urethra.
• Piercing play & Needle play: This may include piercing and other methods of penetrating the skin with needles.
• Tickle play: This includes consensually tickling a partner, often while they’re bound or unable to move.
• Bondage: A common form of kinky play, this can be done with rope, straps, bondage tape, or by telling the submissive or bottom partner “not to move.”
• Electroplay: This is most safely done using violet wands or electrostimulation toys.

There are so many different ways to participate in CBT, but the overarching theme is some form of pain, some form of intense sensation, or some form of degradation and that’s why CBT torture or torment is the acronym for the kink.

A lot of people might feel a sense of shame around it, but that’s what makes it hot for them. It’s that nice little horseshoe of shame coming background into empowerment.

Lisa Finn Sex Educator and Brand Manager for Babeland

Why are Some People Into CBT?

Different people are drawn to Cock and Ball torture for different reasons. The following are a few of the most common.

Endorphine Rush

Finn explains, “Any sort of intense sensation, it’s going to give you that endorphin rush, that adrenaline rush. Especially when paired with arousal, all of these sensations are going to feel even more intense. There’s that pain-for-pleasure sort of situation that definitely holds hands here with sadomasochism.”

It’s Tabboo

Cock and ball torture is taboo. “The idea of liking getting hit in the balls, the idea of liking someone telling you that you’re a tiny penis man, whatever it is, that’s getting you off, that’s taboo,” explains Finn. “A lot of people might feel a sense of shame around it, but that’s what makes it hot for them. It’s that nice little horseshoe of shame coming background into empowerment.”

Power Dynamics

For some people, the power dynamic of degradation and liking someone being cruel to them in this aspect plays into getting aroused by the power dynamic of submitting to or having someone take that control over you.

Adoration of Masculinity

“On the other end of it” explains Finn “It could be an adoration of masculinity… how much can you handle, how much can you take? How strong is your cock, how strong are your balls?”

Vulnerability

Being vulnerable can open a person up to a new level of eroticism and create a stronger relationship based on a deep level of trust.

Is CBT Safe?

Safety is of utmost importance when it comes to Cock and Ball Torture. Finn shares the following advice when it comes to playing safely

RACK

There are a lot of safety things to consider, but the first and foremost is going to be consent. There is an acronym called RACK, which stands for riskaware consensual kink. While tickling somebody may be on the gentler side of the risk if you’re sounding or piercing somebody, that can have a very high risk. So you want to make sure that you’re going through the scene negotiation and you’re talking about what everybody’s expectations are.

Aftercare

You’re going to want to discuss aftercare as well. It’s going to be really important, not only for the dynamic between you and your partner but also for physical relief and making sure that you’re taking care of your body afterward.

Safewords

Finn says it’s also important to know what it’s going to look like for your partner to react. “So for some folks, the yelping, the whimpering, the screaming, the crying, the whining. That’s part of it. That’s their reaction to this and that’s something that they want to have as a reaction. But for some people that could be the flag that we’ve gone too far. So you want to go ahead and discuss that beforehand.”

CBT is something that requires safe words or safe actions if the person has the potential, to go nonverbal. So instead of a safeword plan for a cue that includes something like holding a squeaky toy, a ring of keys that they could throw, tapping somebody out like they’re wrestling, and the top is responsible for checking in.

Consider using colors as safe words. You can check in by asking “What’s your color?” Red, stop. Yellow, slow down. Green, this feels great, keep going.

The Physical Risk

The testicles themselves are delicate. Peyronie’s disease is a disease that results from scar tissue that develops on the penis from an injury, usually during sex, and that can cause curved or painful erections. So that’s something that you want to be mindful of. Testicular torsion, which is, the twisting of the testicles inside the scrotal sack, can be a very critical condition if not taken care of, and there is also the potential for testicles to rupture. If you’re cutting or piercing, there is a risk of infection. And, if you’re binding you want to look out for a loss of feeling, discoloration, or swelling.

Don’t use numbing creams or anything that could prevent your body signal from telling you that you need to stop.

How to Get Started with CBT

Start slow and build up gradually, when experimenting with CBT. Humans naturally come equipped with a lot of really great tools for CBT: our hands, our fingers, our nails, mouths, teeth, and feet. You can even just start with the threat, the illusion of threat, humiliation, denial, helplessness, and teasing.

Finn says, “So when you’re starting off with CBT, if you’re working with a partner and that idea of that power and that control is something that turns you on, have them threaten you, have them tell you what they would like to do so you can gauge what is piquing your interest and take it from there. Make the dialogue part of the play.”

You can use dirty talk as a form of consent and as a form of checking in. This helps keep you in the right headspace while staying safe.

Beginner to Cock and Ball Torture Starting Points

• Use hands for gripping, squeezing, pulling, or twisting
• Use a finger or hand to apply light pleasure to the balls. Increase the pressure slowly, until you discover where pleasurable pain becomes unwanted pain
• Impact play on your cock should start with light taps and smacks with hands. When toys are used start with light hits before getting into heavy play
• Before experimenting with clamps and clips on a cock start by pinching with fingers first
• Orgasm denial and edging (check out Male Chastity) can be used as a form of torture

Intermediate Cock and Ball Play

After you have had time to explore CBT and know more about what you and your partner enjoy (and don’t), you can start to explore more extreme cock and ball torture. Consider taking classes and workshops in advance.

Some intermediate CBT play methods.

• Ball-busting typically involves kicking or kneeing someone in the nuts
• Ball stretching involves pulling the testicles away from the body – this can be done gently and slowly or with force. You can use toys or your hands.
• Ball-crushing. In the beginning, you might do this with hands or feet but as you advance, there are all kinds of toys that will do the job with more pressure and pain
• Chastity cages may be worn for a short time as a beginner but for longer durations as you advance. You may also look for a cage with spikes, teeth, or other sharp edges on the inside. Read my guide to male chastity here.
• Orgasm denial and edging may begin with short durations but as you advance, some people may go days, weeks, or even months without an orgasm. Read my guide to Locktober.

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Cock And Ball Torture Toys And Devices

The following are cock and ball torture devices to get you started on your journey into CBT.

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