Phone sex

Phone sex is an erotic conversation between two or more people by means of the telephone that is sexually explicit and is intended to provoke sexual arousal in one or more participants. This practice, which involves the temporary separation of individuals, dates back to the advent of rotary dial telephones, a technological innovation that prevented the possibility of eavesdropping by operators. In the latter part of the 20th century, commercial enterprises began to emerge that specialized in facilitating, for a fee, sexually explicit conversations between clients and phone sex workers.

Phone sex takes imagination on both individuals' part, as each party imagines virtual sex. The sexually explicit conversation takes place between two or more persons via telephone, especially when at least one of the participants either masturbates or engages in sexual fantasy.

Phone sex conversation may take many forms, including: guided fantasy, sexual sounds, narrated and enacted suggestions, sexual anecdotes and confessions, candid expression of sexual fantasies, feelings, or love, or discussion of personal and sensitive sexual topics. Once means of transmitting payment were developed, phone sex turned into primarily a commercial activity, with customers and sellers.