Erotic humiliation is the consensual use of psychological humiliation for the erotic excitement or sexual arousal of the person being humiliated and demeaned or of the person humiliating, or of some spectator, and may be part of BDSM and other sexual roleplay or accompanied by the sexual stimulation of one or both partners in the activity.

The humiliation need not be sexual in nature; as with many other sexual activities, it is the feelings derived from it that are sought, regardless of the nature of the actual activity. This is usually a feeling of submission for the person being humiliated, and dominance, for the person doing the humiliation. It can be verbal or physical, or in private or public.