Tickle fetishism

{{Short description|Paraphilia for tickling, being tickled, or watching someone be tickled}} {{about|tickling in a sexual context|forced tickling|Tickle torture}} {{More footnotes needed|date=May 2024}} '''Tickle fetishism''', also known as '''knismolagnia''', '''knismophilia''', or '''titillagnia''',<ref>{{cite book | page=375 |title=Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices|first=Anil|last=Aggrawal|publisher=CRC Press|location=Boca Raton|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4200-4308-2}}</ref> is a paraphilia where an individual receives sexual pleasure from tickling, being tickled, or watching someone be tickled. Individuals may prefer to be the dominant party, known as a ler (from tick''ler''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Dagher |first1=Sarah |last2=Ishiyama |first2=Shimpei |date=2024 |title=Tickle fetishism: pleasure beyond playfulness |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |volume=15 |article-number=1342342 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1342342 |doi-access=free |issn=1664-1078 |pmc=11021705 |pmid=38633879}}</ref>), or the submissive party, known as a lee (from tick''lee''<ref name=":0" />), or they may enjoy both, known as a switch. Some people may prefer to be tickled in specific areas, typically in an erogenous zone or other particularly sensitive areas of the body.<ref name="Love">Love, Brenda. ''Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices.'' New York: Barricade Books Inc.; 1992. pp. 280–281. {{ISBN?}}</ref>

==In BDSM== {{Sources|date=November 2024}} Restraint, bondage, and sexual humiliation may be aspects of an erotic tickling session, though they are not necessary. A BDSM tickling session can involve submissive partners being tied or restrained in a position that exposes bare parts of the body, particularly those that are sensitive to tickling, such as the feet or armpits. The body being exposed can also be intended as a form of humiliation or exhibitionism for the lee, or as visual stimulus for the ler. Tools may be used to tickle if desired.

== See also == *Tickle torture *Tickling *Sensation play

==References== {{reflist}}

==Further reading== *Erik11. ''The Dom's Guide to Tickling''. Aaron Brown, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-7339988-1-9}} *Moran, Michael. ''Erotic Tickling''. Greenery Press, 2003. {{ISBN|1-890159-46-8}} *Courtois, Wayne. ''My Name is Rand''. Suspect Thoughts Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-9710846-7-X}} *Courtois, Wayne. ''In the Time of Solution 9''. Lethe Press, 2013. {{ISBN|1-59021-277-0}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Tickling}} * [http://www.sexology.it/glossario_sessuologia.html Glossary of clinical sexology (it – en)]

Category:Sexual fetishism Category:Tickling Category:BDSM activities