"One night not long ago, Jaxon Roman sat naked in front of his laptop wearing only a pup hood as he masturbated with single-minded zeal to the attention of eight other men watching onscreen. It was a typical weekday for the 33-year-old Arlington, Virginia, program analyst. "When bros praise me and say they're enjoying [me], I get to that edge point so fast," Roman says."
"Pitched as an "all-in-one platform designed to embrace bating as a lifestyle, together," Batemates is the newest haven of queer pleasure. "It's a community of like-minded people who are just trying to be porn for others, virtually, while watching others pleasure themselves," Roman says. "Group play with hotties around the world. What's not to like?""
"Nearly all of the bators WIRED spoke to said they were introduced to the lifestyle in 2020, during Covid, because, as one of them put it, "there was nothing else to do." Gone were the days of the discreet sauna circle jerk. Instead, men flocked to private video channels on Skype and Zoo"
Jaxon Roman regularly performs on Batemates, an online platform where men masturbate together for group audiences, sometimes wearing a pup hood and requesting permission before climaxing. Roman describes intense physical reactions and shared arousal when other participants praise or coordinate with him. Batemates launched in October 2024 and gained users as an alternative after other services faced crackdowns. Many participants first discovered communal online masturbation during Covid in 2020 and migrated from private channels on Skype and Zoom. Participants value community, mutual praise, consent practices, and global group play on the platform.
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