Let’s explore “knismolagnia,” the fetish that has guys tickled, titillated & begging for more
Frontiers in Psychology. The researchers wanted to know how people incorporated tickling into their sex lives. Do they enjoy it light or hard?
Is it just part of foreplay or the focus of the sexual encounter? Is it something enjoyed more by men or women?To find answers they reached out to influencers in the tickle fetish community who shared an invite for participants online.
Two of the influencers were Japanese-speaking and three were English-speakers. Tickle fetishism is apparently a bigger thing in Japan and around three-quarters of those to respond were East Asian.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.They managed to find 719 people to complete the 43-question study.
Around 80% were heterosexual, with 10% bisexual. Only a handful said they were gay/queer and others preferred not to say.The researchers explain in their introduction that there are two forms of tickling.“Gargalesis involves vigorous and playful tickling, leading to robust laughter and uncontrollable reactions from the ticklee.
