Using Ball Gags

[TickleToy4You]

I enjoy using ball gags, tape gags and cleave gags sometimes...not all the time. Maybe half the session i'll be gagged and then the other half not gagged. It makes me feel more helpless too. Tied up, gagged and being tickled all over. People love to hear the muffled screams and laughs, and then the others like hearing the actual screaming, begging and laughing. So if you switch it up everyone wins haha. Ball gags are nice though, I own 4 lol.

 

[MrTicklee]

I enjoy making gags a part of my tickling scene. I do not enjoy seeing a I dislike/hate gags thread pop up every couple months. Just sayin'....

 

[Driver Ed]

Ball gags, not to be confused with testicular practical jokes!

Aesthetically speaking, I think ball gags look cheesy as hell. Never saw a woman look better with one. For me the picture of a woman with a ball gag summons up every corny bondage rag I used to scrub for tickling material before Al Gore invented the Internet. Seriously, I would see those pictures and think, "My God, are there people that actually get off on that??"

Ball gags are the "trailer trash" of the fetish world, in my opinion.

Medically speaking, ball gags are risky even in regular bondage scenarios with no tickling. Air is always our most immediate need, surpassing even food and water. People drool, and can't properly swallow, so the possibility of choking on one's saliva is now an issue.

Throw tickling in with that, and you've just multiplied those risks several times over. For most, laughter isn't voluntary when tickled, it's a given. To deliberately hinder one's ability to breath at the time they need it the most goes beyond simple cruelty to dangerous folly.

I know some will claim they've been using ball gags "for years" in their tickling sessions, and I don't doubt it. Safety all too often takes a back seat when it comes to fetish play. But one can only dodge bullets for so long.

 

[Deleted member 2452]

no gags!

the use of a gag of any sort interfers with the sounds of glorious laughter.
i hate gags!

steve

 

[NonConRon]

the use of a gag of any sort interfers with the sounds of glorious laughter.
i hate gags!

steve

Even though I think Mr. Gibson started this Gag thread as a Gag, it looks like we have a hung jury so far.

BDSM enthusiasts love it.
Tickling purists hate it.

 

[BellaRisa]

Even though I think Mr. Gibson started this Gag thread as a Gag, it looks like we have a hung jury so far.

BDSM enthusiasts love it.
Tickling purists hate it.

How did you draw that conclusion, when except for Viper no one has mentioned BDSM in this thread except you? And may I ask how you define a 'purist'?

I'm also interested in your answer to my earlier question: why does using a hand-held item as a safe-signal when gagged seem "irresponsible"? 🙂

 

[april]

Ive never used ball gags before, but I love the idea of them. I think they'ed make a great accessory to a tickling experience.

 

[ViperGTS]

Wow, who let the wingnuts out of their cages? LOL. Just joking, of course. All kidding aside, I don't think broadly insinuating that all people who use gags during tickle play are dangerous, irresponsible, and foolish is a very nice thing to say. I don't know what caliber of play partners you've been with, but safety is the absolute and unrivaled number one concern for anyone who plays with sex toys, especially bondage and BDSM gear. 😉

 

[Babbles]

Hey, might just BE Mel....

Anyone else find this quote from Mr. Gibson hilarious?

In addition to at least a couple of people on the first page --- Yes 😛

It would be REALLY funny (however very unlikely 😛 ) if that IS actually Mel, considering he's mentioned "the torture" on Jay Leno ----

But, though I think I understand why they appeal to some visually and acoustically,
I personally think ball gags are ugly, I don't like the idea of less air & more drool,

and if they're too big ---- that has to hurt the teeth if not begin to MOVE them, over time....
though I don't get the impression too many models find themselves buck-toothed by 45...

In fact, if you use multicolor ball gags, you may get....
<a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com"><img src="http://dl10.glitter-graphics.net/pub/2102/2102470b0gdimgh8c.jpg" width=500 height=335 border=0></a> 😀 Jking! Jking --

That still can't be comfortable or good for the teeth, however

 

[CarlosBastinado]

Even though I think Mr. Gibson started this Gag thread as a Gag, it looks like we have a hung jury so far.

BDSM enthusiasts love it.
Tickling purists hate it.

I totally agree. BDSMers like tickling because it serves as an effective tool for the greater goal of control, domination, and torture play. Ball gags play well into that theme, adding yet another layer of control and humiliation. Most BDSMers will regard tickling as a branch or subset of BDSM.

Tickling purists on the other hand love tickling as it's own end. They love the reactions. Ball gags clearly interfere with those reactions and so are viewed as counterproductive. Tickling purists are interested in scenarios that lend themselves well to the likelihood of tickling. BDSM torture dungeons are but one of those scenarios. Others include interrogation scenes, beach scenes where somebody is buried in sand, hospital scenes with probing doctors and nurses, and of course the ever-popular punishment of choice among school teachers and baby sitters.

 

[Driver Ed]

Wow, who let the wingnuts out of their cages? LOL. Just joking, of course. All kidding aside, I don't think broadly insinuating that all people who use gags during tickle play are dangerous, irresponsible, and foolish is a very nice thing to say.

But referring to such people as wingnuts in cages is? I never said anything about people. I said that ball gags were unsafe and proceeded to explain why. If this hit a nerve with you, perhaps it's a manifestation of a guilty conscience.

I don't know what caliber of play partners you've been with, but safety is the absolute and unrivaled number one concern for anyone who plays with sex toys, especially bondage and BDSM gear.

How do you know that? How do you know there aren't people who play unsafely? I can assure you they are out there. I'm not going to point fingers at you or anybody else. But I'm confident that a licensed medical practitioner would corroborate my statement that tickling somebody with a ball gag is considerably less safe than tickling somebody without one. I would think that such corroboration would be unnecessary. Common sense tells us as much.

 

[C.A.B.]

I love using gags of all kinds - ballgags, cellophane, cleave gags, panties-and-duct-tape - but then that's because of my darker BDSM-oriented inclinations. 😉

Same here. I use gags 50% of the time with those playmates that crave the feeling of utter helplessness and loss of control. And the use of gags is anything but quiet, and does in fact enhance the desperation. Drooling is also a form of self-humiation that additionally gets my gal-pals off.

Needless to say; never attempt to gag someone that is not "into" the practice. I would suggest a whiffle gag, for newbies that want to experiment, but might have worries about not being able to breathe comfortably.

Tape is cool for experienced folks and has that added benefit of being an ancillary depilatory. 🙂

 

[NonConRon]

Same here. I use gags 50% of the time with those playmates that crave the feeling of utter helplessness and loss of control. And the use of gags is anything but quiet, and does in fact enhance the desperation. Drooling is also a form of self-humiation that additionally gets my gal-pals off.

Ya see, this is what I'm talking about.

As soon as someone mentions that ball-gags are a BDSM thing, which I totally believe they are, the hard-cores come out of the woodwork swinging away and calling everyone "wing nuts" for not wanting to strap someone to an X-frame and beat them into submission, or force an orgasm while they mix a little tickling in there.

They are also the first to preach about safety when making their partner (hell, let's just be honest here and call them "slaves") drool, gag, choke, and struggle for air ... all for the sake of their own amusement.

I don't know about you, but if I was gasping for oxygen, the last thing I might remember is the "drop it" rule my master imposed, while I'm turning 6 different shades of purple.

Purists don't need all that other crap, and I'm willing to spell it out for you if needed.

The farthest most purists are willing to go is some light bondage, if that.

They love the tickling and the laughter and the fun. It's not a profession and doesn't involve a dungeon or an exchange of power or money.

Hoods, masks, gags, x-frames, racks, whips, spankings, beatings, humiliation, pissing, shitting, goats, sheep and any of their other barnyard buddies are out of bounds.

I feel kinda foolish having to explain this, but I think the introduction of all this industrial strength torture kind of misses the mark when it comes to the joys of pure tickling.

How all of the above sick shit got lumped in with it is beyond me.

 

[P[a]pi]

There are varying degrees of everything. Labels are never going to work 100% of the time. I like blindfolds, gags, collars, sole torture and spanking, but I don't consider myself a BDSM person. There are certain types of blindfolds, gags, collars, sole torture and spanking that I don't like.

 

[Artoo]

Inb4 Ball Gags interfere with the melodious sound of the 'lee being tortured.

Oh...wait...

Speaking for myself, I love being tickled for the sake of it, and I'm into wearing ball gags while this happens. Doesn't detract from the scenario at all, tickling purists.

 

[BellaRisa]

Ya see, this is what I'm talking about.

As soon as someone mentions that ball-gags are a BDSM thing, which I totally believe they are, the hard-cores come out of the woodwork swinging away and calling everyone "wing nuts" for not wanting to strap someone to an X-frame and beat them into submission, or force an orgasm while they mix a little tickling in there.

They are also the first to preach about safety when making their partner (hell, let's just be honest here and call them "slaves") drool, gag, choke, and struggle for air ... all for the sake of their own amusement.

I don't know about you, but if I was gasping for oxygen, the last thing I might remember is the "drop it" rule my master imposed, while I'm turning 6 different shades of purple.

Purists don't need all that other crap, and I'm willing to spell it out for you if needed.

The farthest most purists are willing to go is some light bondage, if that.

They love the tickling and the laughter and the fun. It's not a profession and doesn't involve a dungeon or an exchange of power or money.

Hoods, masks, gags, x-frames, racks, whips, spankings, beatings, humiliation, pissing, shitting, goats, sheep and any of their other barnyard buddies are out of bounds.

I feel kinda foolish having to explain this, but I think the introduction of all this industrial strength torture kind of misses the mark when it comes to the joys of pure tickling.

How all of the above sick shit got lumped in with it is beyond me.

...So, a 'tickling purist' can never enjoy varying the sounds and reactions their 'lee makes, nor can they use bondage that goes beyond 'light' and makes their 'lee truly helpless and/or creates different levels of vulnerability. Being a purist must feel awfully limiting

How do you know so much about what BDSMmers do? You seem very interested in the subject; heck, you're really the only one who's mentioned it (over and over and over) in this thread 😉

 

[NonConRon]

Heck, you'd think a Moderator would pay attention.

...So, a 'tickling purist' can never enjoy varying the sounds and reactions their 'lee makes, nor can they use bondage that goes beyond 'light' and makes their 'lee truly helpless and/or creates different levels of vulnerability. Being a purist must feel awfully limiting

Surely you can't be serious. It's not about rules. It's about preserving those wonderful sights and sounds and not spoiling them with something so gaudy and cliche as a ball gag. It's about the lee being about to freely laugh, scream, cry and beg without interference. That's when you have the most widely varied sounds and reactions. If anything, it's wearing the gag that limits your variety.

I would have thought that somebody with soooo much experience would know that.

How do you know so much about what BDSMmers do? You seem very interested in the subject; heck, you're really the only one who's mentioned it (over and over and over) in this thread 😉

Right, I'm the only one who mentioned BDSM.

Well, except this guy mentioned it. 😉

There are varying degrees of everything. Labels are never going to work 100% of the time. I like blindfolds, gags, collars, sole torture and spanking, but I don't consider myself a BDSM person. There are certain types of blindfolds, gags, collars, sole torture and spanking that I don't like.

And this guy mentioned it twice 😉 😉

I love using gags of all kinds - ballgags, cellophane, cleave gags, panties-and-duct-tape - but then that's because of my darker BDSM-oriented inclinations. 😉

Wow, who let the wingnuts out of their cages? LOL. Just joking, of course. All kidding aside, I don't think broadly insinuating that all people who use gags during tickle play are dangerous, irresponsible, and foolish is a very nice thing to say. I don't know what caliber of play partners you've been with, but safety is the absolute and unrivaled number one concern for anyone who plays with sex toys, especially bondage and BDSM gear. 😉

and this guy mentioned it four times 😉 😉 😉 😉

I totally agree. BDSMers like tickling because it serves as an effective tool for the greater goal of control, domination, and torture play. Ball gags play well into that theme, adding yet another layer of control and humiliation. Most BDSMers will regard tickling as a branch or subset of BDSM.

Tickling purists on the other hand love tickling as it's own end. They love the reactions. Ball gags clearly interfere with those reactions and so are viewed as counterproductive. Tickling purists are interested in scenarios that lend themselves well to the likelihood of tickling. BDSM torture dungeons are but one of those scenarios. Others include interrogation scenes, beach scenes where somebody is buried in sand, hospital scenes with probing doctors and nurses, and of course the ever-popular punishment of choice among school teachers and baby sitters.

So yeah, it seems people indeed are thinking of BDSM when ball gags are mentioned. So much so that one could get the idea that the B in BDSM stands for "Bondage," crazy as that sounds.

 

[ViperGTS]

NonConRon,

You like what you like and we like what we like. To insinuate that people who like ballgags are "sick" because they happen to like something that you don't is extremely ignorant and close-minded. 🙂

Back on topic, sort of: When it comes to tickling, I've discovered that my favorite type of gag is actually duct tape rather than a ballgag. It works well for a while, but a determined lee will eventually get free of it. It also adds a game-like element to a tickling scene, as well - "I'll stop tickling you when you get your gag off!"

 

[venray]

Personally I dont use em....dont like my balls gagged......

 

[Ticklish9's]

Not interested in gagging anyone, and for myself a ball gag looks horribly uncomfortable. I think I could tolerate having some other form of gag over my mouth but I doubt it.

I guess you never know though, I've never tried it so I can't say for sure.

 

[BellaRisa]

Heck, you'd think a Moderator would pay attention.

Surely you can't be serious. It's not about rules. It's about preserving those wonderful sights and sounds and not spoiling them with something so gaudy and cliche as a ball gag. It's about the lee being about to freely laugh, scream, cry and beg without interference. That's when you have the most widely varied sounds and reactions. If anything, it's wearing the gag that limits your variety.

I would have thought that somebody with soooo much experience would know that.



Right, I'm the only one who mentioned BDSM.

Well, except this guy mentioned it. 😉



And this guy mentioned it twice 😉 😉





and this guy mentioned it four times 😉 😉 😉 😉



So yeah, it seems people indeed are thinking of BDSM when ball gags are mentioned. So much so that one could get the idea that the B in BDSM stands for "Bondage," crazy as that sounds.

No no, I said that you're the only one who's mentioned it over and over. And Over. Which is true, Viper was only responding to your...interesting...theories and supposed regulations 😉 And even that 'light' bondage you've let us know is allowed for 'purists' is still bondage with a "B". Unless of course there are further purist rules with which you've yet to enlighten us 🙂

Seriously though, no one is saying that ballgags don't bring BDSM to mind, just that they can be enjoyed by those who don't consider themselves BDSMmers. Surely you're not too stubborn to agree with that, hmm?

 

[april]

I dont like this whole "tickling purists" label. Quite frankly I find it highly offensive and ignorant.

Oh yes I did go there!

 

[AngelOfDarkness]

April wins.

 

[drewskee]

I dont like this whole "tickling purists" label. Quite frankly I find it highly offensive and ignorant.

Oh yes I did go there!

April wins.

/thread.

 

[C.A.B.]

I dont like this whole "tickling purists" label. Quite frankly I find it highly offensive and ignorant.

Oh yes I did go there!

Outstanding comment.