Our Framework
Four dimensions. Two layers. Sixteen types.
Which one
are you?
Percentages don't mean anything.
Most tests reduce kink to a list of scores. You're 68% dominant, 42% into ropes. But what do you do with that? A number doesn't capture what you actually want — or why.
Structure + Arousal. Two layers.
The first two letters define your relationship structure — where power sits and how your kink is organized. The last two define your arousal mode — how you enter the state and what pushes you deeper.
Not a clinical tool. A map — for people who want language for what they already feel.
Not a score. A complete type.
Four dimensions combine into 16 distinct types — each with a code, a name, and language for what you already knew about yourself.
Discover your type →the framework
Four dimensions. Two layers.
The first two form your structural layer — the last two form your arousal layer. Together, they create your type.
你更自然站在哪個權力位置？設定框架的人，還是進入框架的人？
你的 kink 更像一種持續的關係身份，還是一次次發生的場景事件？
你主要透過身體還是心智進入狀態？觸感和束縛，還是語言和懸念？
你更容易被推向邊緣點燃，還是被精準拿捏點燃？壓力還是分寸？
structure
Four families, four modes
The first two letters form four structural families — Reign (DI), Scene (DO), Bond (SI), and Spark (SO). The last two letters form four arousal modes — Impact, Holding, Tension, and Attunement.
4 families × 4 modes = 16 types. Each type isn't a random combination — it's a specific pattern of how you relate and how you're ignited.
methodology
Research informed
The dimensional structure draws on peer-reviewed research in Archives of Sexual Behavior and Journal of Sexual Medicine. This is a self-discovery tool, not a clinical instrument.
16Kinks does not diagnose, pathologize, or rank. It provides language for preferences you already have — helping you understand, express, and discuss what you want.
Every type comes with a Growth Edge (your most valuable direction for exploration) and a Shadow Need (a deeper desire you may not always name directly). Types aren't boxes — they're starting points for a longer conversation.