Ethnic Fetishization. How Do You Feel?

Okay, what I mean is, in regard to the tickle fetish.
The way a lot of people are categorized is like: Brazilians are super ticklish. Asians are Ticklish. Redheads are Ticklish. Etc.
What is your perspective of this, as a person from one of these groups of "ticklish" persons.

How do you feel? Anything?

The only reasons I can think of, are from my personal experiences or observations. I've tickled many Latinas and they were all very ticklish, so I think of them as being notoriously ticklish. Asians, my observation of them, since I've not had the pleasure of tickling any, is how they react. Just my .02 cents worth.

robmic said:

The only reasons I can think of, are from my personal experiences or observations. I've tickled many Latinas and they were all very ticklish, so I think of them as being notoriously ticklish. Asians, my observation of them, since I've not had the pleasure of tickling any, is how they react. Just my .02 cents worth.

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From reading OP's post, I think they are asking Latinas, Asians, or members of other ethnically-fetishized groups to weigh in. Are you a member of one of those groups?

Studious_Hustler said:

From reading OP's post, I think they are asking Latinas, Asians, or members of other ethnically-fetishized groups to weigh in. Are you a member of one of those groups?

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Anyone can respond, but I am very interested in their positions, specifically. But Anyone can weigh in.

Teenticklehell said:

Anyone can respond, but I am very interested in their positions, specifically. But Anyone can weigh in.

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Disclaimer: I'm a cracker.

I had a weird experience back in the day. I used to be married to a Chinese woman. (That wasn't the weird part, but she was definitely quirky.) I went to China with her a few times, and at one point the teenaged (16 or so) daughter of her friend asked me, "What do you think of Chinese women?".

I answered, "I married one, didn't I?".

This kid beamed from ear to ear, grabbed the nearest person she could, and said, "Phineas thinks Chinese women are very beautiful!".

Fast forward a few years. I'm divorced and living on the other side of the country. Shortly after moving to California, I had a few very unfortunate incidents with Asian-American women, where saying something as simple as "I want to connect with Asian people, it's what I'm used to" got me labeled a creepy dude with yellow fever. So, I quickly adjusted.

In summary, Asian-Americans thought my comfort in a culture that I'd been immersed in for years was a creepy fetish-based thing designed solely to get in their pants. Asians from Asia thought "Chinese women are beautiful" was the highest compliment one could give.

So, what about the brown girls? I mean, South Asian is a thing. Oddly enough, all of the Indian women I've either dated or otherwise done foot stuff with had absolutely zero problem with me saying "Indian women are hot. Wanna?". The answer was nearly always "your place or mine?", unless they were trolling for a tomorrow-husband.

The most hypocritical one was my bestie, a Puerto Rican gal who solely dated black men but decried my "yellow fever" as being racist. It was different for her, you see, because reasons. (She's currently married to a hispanic guy so maybe she was right in the end.)

So yeah, I guess what I'm trying to say is there's no one-size-fits-all answer; how people feel about it is definitely rooted in (sub)cultural norms and individual preferences.

Both ethnic and racial fetishism are a real thing. And they’re problematic. Are some POCs uncomfortable with it? Yes. Are there some that seem to be not really bothered by it? Also yes. Either way it still can have damaging effects on the way whole demographic groups are treated or perceived. But I will give a personal example. I briefly dated this woman who was white and she told me she had a huge thing for latinas. This is why she was attracted to me. She used to ask me to speak Spanish to her because it turned her on. I didn’t mind at first because I really liked her. Then later looking back I realized she held some covertly racist view points (one of the reasons why we went our separate ways), although she herself would never have considered herself to be racist. But she was highly prejudice against minorities and you could tell in her speech and political view points. So just because you find someone sexually attractive doesn’t mean you respect them. And to fetishize when it comes to people means to sexualize in an objectifying way. You can have a preference but then you have to ask yourself what stereotypes you might be holding on to that are fueling this preference.

Gitana said:

Both ethnic and racial fetishism are a real thing. And they’re problematic. Are some POCs uncomfortable with it? Yes. Are there some that seem to be not really bothered by it? Also yes. Either way it still can have damaging effects on the way whole demographic groups are treated or perceived. But I will give a personal example. I briefly dated this woman who was white and she told me she had a huge thing for latinas. This is why she was attracted to me. She used to ask me to speak Spanish to her because it turned her on. I didn’t mind at first because I really liked her. Then later looking back I realized she held some covertly racist view points (one of the reasons why we went our separate ways), although she herself would never have considered herself to be racist. But she was highly prejudice against minorities and you could tell in her speech and political view points. So just because you find someone sexually attractive doesn’t mean you respect them. And to fetishize when it comes to people means to sexualize in an objectifying way. You can have a preference but then you have to ask yourself what stereotypes you might be holding on to that are fueling this preference.

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But, how do you feel about it in the tickling community, such as how Ticklish Latinas are promoted?

I'm a white guy for starters, and I know this thread isn't pointed toward me, but im confused by your question. What exactly are you trying to ask? The above question kinda clears it up but I'm still a bit confused. Maybe I'm just dumb, are Latinas and Asians promoted differently than white women? Also I dont really think race matters for ticklishness, but thats just an obvious statement so I won't address it further.

BlueLine7045 said:

I'm a white guy for starters, and I know this thread isn't pointed toward me, but im confused by your question. What exactly are you trying to ask? The above question kinda clears it up but I'm still a bit confused. Maybe I'm just dumb, are Latinas and Asians promoted differently than white women? Also I dont really think race matters for ticklishness, but thats just an obvious statement so I won't address it further.

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The idea that a POC is something like an exotic trinket vs a human. You can see it in descriptions of porn vids, artwork, etc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_fetishism

I think OP is asking for opinions with special interest in thoughts from those fetishised ethnic groups

chicago said:

The idea that a POC is something like an exotic trinket vs a human. You can see it in descriptions of porn vids, artwork, etc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_fetishism

I think OP is asking for opinions with special interest in thoughts from those fetishised ethnic groups

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I updated the question.

Hello, speaking as someone who is mixed between Asian and Jewish heritage here to add my input. I don't think personally there is anything wrong with having a preference for a certain type of person because I think everyone has their own view of attractiveness. For example, I have historically been more attracted to Latina women not because I inherently think they're "hotter" or more ticklish but because I grew up in an environment where there were a lot of various Latin American peoples around me, so it just became what I knew.

However, I think there is a difference between generally being more attracted to Latinx peoples and outright fetishizing them. It can be a fine line but I generally get very uncomfortable when people really bring up race in the community. Anytime anyone says "Asian girls are more ticklish" or brings racial stereotypes like "dragon ladies" I get a little creeped out. And it's not just with Asians, when people describe tickling a black woman (Who is usually described as "ebony") or a latina in this way I always get uncomfortable. Same whenever I see questions in this thread like, "Are redheads more ticklish?" It feels like people's traits and races are what are being put on display and made to feel exotic and I'm uncomfortable with that.

I grew up always being the token Asian friend in every group I was in. I was always asked insensitive questions, literally had hentai stuffed in my face in class, and asked about "horny Asian girls." People wanted to be my "friend" not because they liked me as a person but because they wanted cred for their anime clubs or thought I could get them free sushi or something like that. The danger of fetishizing a human being is that they stop being a human being after a while and just an object made for other people to literally or metaphorically masturbate to.

What's my input on how clips should be marketed or how people should talk about these things? I think that for a start we need to cut the crap about, "Are *Insert People Here* more ticklish?" While I don't think it's necessarily wrong to advertise models as Asian or Black (In fact I know that there are POC who want to see themselves represented) we should minimize how we talk about it. In other words, don't linger on "ebony soles" etc. In summation, it's okay to be kinky and inclusive but please don't treat us like we're just objects.

as a south asian person i've always felt uncomfortable with ethic descriptors in pornography (ex. ebony, exotic, etc), and the fetishization of one's ethnicity. that being said i do feel that indian people, myself included, tend to be extremely ticklish.

a002_5 said:

as a south asian person i've always felt uncomfortable with ethic descriptors in pornography (ex. ebony, exotic, etc), and the fetishization of one's ethnicity. that being said i do feel that indian people, myself included, tend to be extremely ticklish.

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I guess you're right. For the most part, they dont advertise porn with white people as "white porn", its just porn. As opposed to "Asian porn" "ebony porn", etc. Thought provoking question

BlueLine7045 said:

I guess you're right. For the most part, they dont advertise porn with white people as "white porn", its just porn. As opposed to "Asian porn" "ebony porn", etc. Thought provoking question

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I think it would depend on the culture. Some places light skin and big eyes are fetishized.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_fetishism#White_women

These were also interested reads:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_pornography

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_laws_by_region