Talk:Consensual tickling

Issues with the title of "Tickling Games"
One of the users here said that the title was changed from "tickle fetishism" to "tickle games" because "it is too specific to classify typical tickling as a fetish".

The title doesn't seem to be totally appropriate to fully capture all interests in tickling, especially with the info provided within the article itself. "Tickle fetishism" seemed to be more appropriate to capture all of the interest therein.

A "fetish" is a sexual arousal to a physical object or a situation/activity. So from this definition, and from the fact that tickling is capable of providing sexual arousal, wouldn't that confirm that tickling be considered a fetish?

Not everyone who has the interest is focused on it being a thing specifically for endurance or amusement...

Though tickling is used for games, I don't believe the entire article should be named for the sake of just that one aspect of the interest. Tickling for the purpose of games are just a piece of the whole. The article lists that tickling can be used as a means of foreplay, bonding experiences, courting rituals, etc...all interests that define other lifestyle pursuits, having tickling for sexual reasons and tickling for fun. A game has a nature of being spontaneous and competitive and objective based.

As a person who's actively a tickle enthusiast for years, I strongly suggest the name be put back to "Tickle Fetishism"... Once again "Tickling Games" does not cover all basis for tickling.

-Bocelot 6/13/11 Bombers (talk) 21:52, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Tickling fetishism
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Tickling fetishism's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Harris": From Tickling:  From Knismesis and gargalesis: Harris, Christine R. (1999): The mystery of ticklish laughter. American Scientist, July–August v87 i4 p344(8). 

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Uncited material in need of citations
I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with inline citations of reliable, secondary sources, per WP:V, WP:CS, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, WP:BLP, WP:NOR, et al. This diff shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 14:47, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Some may engage in consensual tickling for entirely nonsexual reasons, such as bonding, displays of affection, or competition.
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Overview
Consensual tickling can be regarded as a form of physical intimacy as it involves the touching of one person's body by another. It could serve as a bonding experience between friends, or a simple act of familiarity and trust. Between adults, it sometimes functions as an outlet for sexual energy, with erotic games, foreplay and sex being the primary methods of doing such.

Tickling games
Some people take part in tickling games or contests which test their endurance to being tickled, for amusement, erotic pleasure, or other reasons. These games may involve some form of physical restraint of the person to be tickled to prevent them protecting the ticklish spots or otherwise interfering with the game. Common positions for tickling are the over-arm tie, the hogtie, spread-eagle, with the person being tied up, cuffed or in stocks. The restraints may be left loose to increase the amount of possible movement, but short of the person being able to protect the ticklish spots. On the other hand, some participants prefer very tight bondage. The tied person may also be blindfolded to increase the anxiety and surprise element.

The objective of such games is to generate uncontrollable writhing, struggling, laughing and vocalizations etc., from the person being tickled, while the person tries to control such reactions, without the ability to physically defend the ticklish spots.

In dominance and submission scenarios, sexual partners may agree upon a safeword to signal that tickling should stop.