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[[File:Tickling bdsm.jpg|thumb|A man being tickled at West Village Leather Festival 2007.]]
'''Tickling games''' are interpersonal or social activities involving the [[Social:Tickling|tickling]] of one person by another. Some people find tickling to not only be a pleasurable experience, but also an erotic one. They may be sexually excited by being tickled or by tickling another person, some people like being tickled on their genitals, their waist, their feet, their underarms, their [[Biology:Anus|anus]] or their breasts while others prefer to tickle and some like doing both.<ref name=Love>Love B., ''Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices.'' New York: Barricade Books Inc.; 1992. p280-281.</ref> Some engage in tickling games as part of a social act.

==Terminology==
'''[[Philosophy:Knismesis and gargalesis|Knismolagnia]]''' is the experience of "arousal from [[Social:Tickling|tickling]]".<ref>{{cite book | page=375 |title=Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unususal Sexual Practices|first=Anil|last=Aggrawal|publisher=CRC Press|location=Boca Raton|year=2009|ISBN=978-1-4200-4308-2}}</ref> '''Acarophilia''', often confused{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} with knismolagnia, refers to arousal from scratching.


==Overview==
Consensual tickling can be regarded as a form of [[Social:Physical intimacy|physical intimacy]] as it involves the touching of one person's body by another. It could serve as a [[Philosophy:Human bonding|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 [[Philosophy:Human sexual activity|sex]] being the primary methods of doing such.

==Tickling games==
[[File:Tickling fetish.jpg|thumb|A woman being tickled at EXXXOTICA New York 2009]]
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 [[Biology:Blindfold|blindfold]]ed 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.

== F and M ==
To refer the gender of the tickler and the ticklee, F (female) and M (male) are used. The first letter refers to the tickler and the second to the ticklee. For example : F/M means that a woman tickles a man. Sometimes, there are more ticklers. Than, terms like FFFF/M are used (4 women tickled 1 man)

== See also ==
*[[Social:Creep Mouse|Creep Mouse]]
*Laughter
*[[Social:Tickle torture|Tickle torture]]
*Tag (game)

==References==
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==Further reading==
*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==
* [http://www.sexology.it/glossario_sessuologia.html Glossary of clinical sexology (it - en)]

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