Viral videos are revealing what some Mormon teens are doing to get around the 'no sex before marriage' rule, shocking non-religious viewers.
Previously unknown terms like "soaking" and "jump-humping" are now trending on social media app TikTok thanks to former Mormon users explaining their bizarre meanings.
Ex-Mormon Lexi McDonald often uses TikTok to explain some of the stranger aspects of the Mormon faith and earlier this year went viral for a video explaining the phenomenon of 'soaking'.
She explained sex, masturbation and even hugging and kissing for long periods of time are generally frowned upon under the church's code of chastity, making it difficult for teenage and young adult Mormons to express sexual desires.
"Sometimes it gets to a point where they just can't help themselves, so soaking is a thing that happens," she told her 190,000 followers on TikTok.
"Basically the boy puts his penis in the girl and they just hold still - no thrusting because that would be sex.
"But if you put it in and just [lie] there and don't move, it doesn't count."
Another former Mormon confirmed the move to The Post.
"When I returned from my Mormon mission and moved to Provo, Utah, I heard rumours 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," said Oregon man Gary Knauer.
"I talked to a few friends who had 'soaked'. I hear that Mormons still do this.
"I never practised soaking. I was the sinner who actually finished the job."
If that wasn't enough, a new viral TikTok clip has exposed viewers to 'jump-humping': A companion to 'soaking' which involves a third party jumping on the bed to encourage movement, without the pair having to engage in any sinful thrusting.
A recent TikTok video from another ex-Mormon explained the phenomenon, revealing "Did you know if someone else jumps on the bed, the movement doesn't count?"
Both trends have obviously caused a lot of social media reaction from shocked viewers, many of whom pointed out flaws in the plan.
"I'm sorry WHAT," one person tweeted, to which another replied: "I love the concept that going through all of this weird sick shit to simulate sex and 'trick God' or whatever, is like supposed to be less of a sin than just having sex?"
"And also the omniscient omnipotent and omnipresent God like, is thwarted by this ruse?"
"Is soaking and jump humping how Mary had a virgin birth? Something to consider," another person tweeted.
