"tickle terminology" experts....is there REALLY such a thing as a "tickle" fetish?

[jaba]

"tickle terminology" experts....is there REALLY such a thing as a "tickle" fetish?

I was talking with a delightful TMF lady last night regarding our mutual love of tickling, or, as "Pokey" puts it, "this wonderful delight of ours" (a "PokeyinMich" original phrase! ) , and a question came to me.....

Is there really such a thing as a "laugh" or "tickle" fetish?

I use those terms, and hear those terms all the time around here, but I believe that I have heard that a "fetish" is defined as an attraction to a "inanimate object", or body part.....

Can a "fetish" also accurately be defined as a sexual attraction to an "activity", such as tickling, or a "sound", such as the ticklish lady laughter that arouses me?

I plan to do my own research, but I would appreciate anyone with insight on this subject sharing their thoughts......



Thanks.....

 

[simulated]

I have nothing to add at the moment, other than to say that while the term was introduced to mean sexual admiration of an inanimate object by Binet in the late 1800's, its definition has changed since then; if you were to restrict it to the original definition the fetish community would be a lot smaller than it is currently 😛

It also brings to mind this wonderful onion article: Area Man has Naked Lady Fetish

 

[daryl]

In the most technical use of the terminology, tickling would be considered a "paraphilia" rather than a fetish. Fetish is reserved for objects.

but in everyday language, people talk about fetishes for all kinds of things, including activities.

There is no mention of a tickling paraphilia in the DSM, btw.

 

[shadow365]

Paraphilia or sexual compulsion would be my 2 cents. By the definition of fetish, this isn't one. But it is a whole lot easier to say fetish.

 

[jaba]

Paraphilia or sexual compulsion would be my 2 cents. By the definition of fetish, this isn't one. But it is a whole lot easier to say fetish.

Yeah, I agree with you, the term "fetish" is a lot more common when referring to our tickling interests.....

And the word is a lot more fun....

So.....in the precise, tecnical definition of my compulsion for tickling.....

Am I, in fact, a "Paraphiliac"?.... 🙁

And aren't there laws against "raging Paraphiliacs" like myself, running free and endangering the public?.....

 

[simulated]

Yeah, I agree with you, the term "fetish" is a lot more common when referring to our tickling interests.....

And the word is a lot more fun....

So.....in the precise, tecnical definition of my compulsion for tickling.....

Am I, in fact, a "Paraphiliac"?.... 🙁

And aren't there laws against "raging Paraphiliacs" like myself, running free and endangering the public?.....

Only when the paraphilia is deemed dangerous to yourself or those around you, if I recall correctly. Tickling is nowhere close.

 

[palladium]

The technical term for arousal from tickling is knismolagnia, or something like that, which I'm fairly certain is a paraphilia, not a fetish.

However, that being said, the more commonly used term is "tickle fetish", since people tend to connect fetishes with all forms of sexual "deviances" as fetishes, rather than sticking to the correct term.

 

[jaba]

so.....what's the "cure"?

The technical term for arousal from tickling is knismolagnia, or something like that, which I'm fairly certain is a paraphilia, not a fetish.

However, that being said, the more commonly used term is "tickle fetish", since people tend to connect fetishes with all forms of sexual "deviances" as fetishes, rather than sticking to the correct term.

ok, so not only do my lady friends have to fight off a "raving, sexually deviant Paraphiliac".....

you're also saying I may be stricken with a rare, terminal form of "Knismolagnia"?....


Run, ladies!....... 😛

 

[Mitchell]

From my understanding, whether it be feet, tickling, or what not, a "fetish", as the case may be, is defined as something where a person must have it present, or be engaging in the activity, in order to achieve sexual arousal.
For instance, from what I've read, a person with a foot "fetish", is supposedly defined as such, because they cannot achieve sexual arousal, unless they are in contact with the foot. A person with a tickle "fetish", from the definition I've read, whether lee or ler, cannot achieve sexual arousal unless they are tickling someone, or, in the case of a lee, are being tickled. While many of us on the TMF consider ourselves to have tickle or foot "fetishes", from what I've read, for us to truly have those, in the straight definition, would mean that we absolutely would not be able to achieve sexual arousal, and or/orgasm, unless we were tickling someone, being tickled, or in contact with whatever body part our fetish was.
Due to this reason, I have become comfortable with referring to my attraction to tickling, and female feet as an "interest", rather than a "fetish", because, while I do, of course, get sexually aroused from tickling a woman, and from touching female feet, it is not the only way I achieve arousal, and, I can get aroused by other body parts on a woman, or without tickling her, so, for this reason, I prefer, for myself, to refer to my enjoyment of feet and tickling, as an "interest".

Maybe I'm reading into the thread, but this is how I see it.

Mitch

 

[footamateur]

Amazing post....I am basically attracted and turned on by feet and tickling girls, but i "function" even without these things; so i would not call many people into tickling fetish (or Knismolagnia), but just interested in.

There are boobs man, ass man, leg men and so on; and they function properly even without looking at these parts; but they enjoy these parts, hence they do not have a fetish 😛

BTW i wanna find a way to get out of this passion....i can't get close to a woman with open shoes without getting the urge to tickle lol 😀

 

[Coda]

Many of us are clearly using "fetish" to mean "turn-on." If you use the historical or clinical definition, then yes, the word is less applicable.

People also refer to sneeze fetishes, smoking fetishes, hiccough fetishes, trampling fetishes, hypnosis fetishes and many more, all of which are centred around activities and not objects.

 

[footamateur]

I think that is all a matter of how much you are into it....some people drink one or 2 beer a week, and they are not in need of a specialist; so the same is for people that like tickling: if you need it desperately above everything is Knismolagnia; otherwise is a simple matter of liking something (or as you said, getting turned on by it)

I do not understand these fetishes that you mentioned; so now i feel how other people feels when someone mention tickling as "fetish"

Fetish is a surpassed term, but is easy to remember....something like acetaminophen or tylenol or pain killer.....even if many substances are not pain killers they are called in that way 🙂

 

[dvnc]

In the most technical use of the terminology, tickling would be considered a "paraphilia" rather than a fetish. Fetish is reserved for objects.

but in everyday language, people talk about fetishes for all kinds of things, including activities.

There is no mention of a tickling paraphilia in the DSM, btw.

DSM IV had ticking in it as late as the 90s. Did they remove it? I otherwise completely agree.

As far as I'd found, both in that book and via shrinks I've met since establishing my interest, it's been considered a paraphilia when it exceeds a fascination.

Is it sexual, involving something that's not inanimate? Paraphilia. That's what was explained to me.

Fetishes involve inanimate objects. While a foot fetish is borderline in our interest (as they get rather animate), it's not the foot that responds, it's the head that does. No head, no response.

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

i most definately have a tickle fetish

 

[hotdog]

Interesting topic as I just had a lecture on this for a class on human sexuality for psychology.

A paraphilia is a recurring, unconventional sexual behavior that is obsessive or compulsive. You can define a behavior as a paraphilia if it meets one or more of the following criteria:

The behavior is harmful or destructive to the person engaging in it.
The behavior is illegal.
The behavior interferes with the person's ability to form and maintain loving, intimate and sexual relationships.
The behavior involves another person without their consent.

 

[dvnc]

And that's why I call my behavior an interest. I ain't comfortable tickling someone who don't like it, preferring to partner with one of us. Now that I'm old, it's no longer quite the focused drive.

The obsessive/compulsive aspect of such an interest is what drives The Purge. You know. That tendency to get offline for a while, dumping all evidence of your kink (the files, videos, mags, and any vanilla flick that contains something). You date vanilla for a while. Maybe it even works.

Then ya miss this.

It's why I like running gatherings. It's become normalized. I'm so used to this that it's no longer even weird for me. Just deviant.