Tickle Porn is a fairly “new” addition to the porn industry – well, as far as anything sexual having the ability to be new in the first place. It’s a sub-genre of BDSM porn that involves tickling as the main activity, but can often come with other elements – pun intended.
For those who enjoy BDSM, it can be a fun way to explore their tickling fetish, and for those who like to watch it can be an unusual, yet intriguing form of adult entertainment.
What is Tickle Porn?
Tickling has been around since the beginning of time, but tickling as a fetish isn’t as widely advertised. It usually involves one person being tickled by another person or group of people.
Sometimes it takes on a more sensual and erotic feel, while other times it can be more aggressive and intense. It can be with clothes on or off. It can include sexual contact or not. There are many variants.
Why Do People Enjoy Tickle Porn?
This giggly subgenre offers something very different from the usual pornographic material. It offers a playful approach to sexual activity that isn’t always found in more common porn.
People who enjoy tickle porn may do so for a variety of reasons, including the psychological and emotional benefits it offers. It can even be something as simple as a “break” from your usual, bookmarked list of preferences. Not to mention a lot of it includes tradition pornographic elements.
“Modern kinksters might take knismolagnia up a notch (or several) by reimagining the art of tickling altogether and inducing the sensation with a feather, vibrator, electrical current, or the strategic placement of insects, arachnids, or shelled gastropods such as snails. “
Vice.com
What else can people use?
- Floggers
- Tickling Gloves
- Tongue Scraper
- Your breath or tongue
- Q-tips, pencils, or paintbrushes
- Feather dusters
- Electric toothbrush
- Wartenburg wheels
- Ice cubes
The Psychological and Emotional Benefits of Tickle Porn
Tickling can often cause a person to laugh uncontrollably, and this is because it triggers certain parts of the brain. When a person laughs, it can cause them to feel more relaxed and provides an opportunity to let go of any stress or anxiety they may be feeling. It also allows a person to connect with the person they are tickling in a playful, non-threatening way.
However, there is also a control aspect – if used in a BDSM sense. Couple that with the reaction to uncontrollably pee yourself (at least for some people) then there can be the turn-on of humiliation or water play.
And then there’s the old adage – laughter is contagious. There’s no way that the person doing the tickling isn’t laughing (or at least having a blast) as well.
Believe It Or Not, There’s A Dark Side To Tickle Porn
It started with journalist David Farrier, a New Zealand pop culture reporter whose stories rested within the realm of weird and mind-boggling craziness that humans can get up to.
One day, while searching for his next story, he came across an online video. The whole thing revolved around the sport he had never heard of before – competitive, endurance tickling.
Basically, participants are tied down and tickled as long as possible until they can’t take it anymore.
Some cursory research told Farrier that young, handsome, athletic men would be offered gifts or cash and then a first-class ticket to participate in a video or a series of them. After deeper again, he found that the main organizers of these videos and events was Jane O’Brien media. Through their Facebook page farrier contacted them about an interview.
The response was not what he expected.
Instead of a “no thank you”, it was a long-ranting, homophobic rejection about not wanting to be interviewed by a homosexual journalist because their videos were heterosexual targeted (even though the videos had a distinct gay vibe about them.)
Long story short, the documentary starts off at something light-hearted and kooky but slowly descends into something darker and even downright terrifying. Yes, participants are given a considerable amount of money and gifts, but the moment they want to stop making the videos, Jane O’Brien media threatened to release these videos to the world – including public platforms like YouTube as well as directly to family members.
One could argue this could be a reflection of any kind of porn – having a dark side versus a consensual, legitimate side. While this disgusting series of blackmail and intimidation has happened (it might even still be happening) there is still plenty of tickle porn out there that is safe and pleasurable to watch – where participants have consented and there are no dangers or damages.
So don’t let this documentary put you off your kink. Just don’t give any views to anything from that media company or those like it.
The Future of Tickle Porn and Its Potential Impact on the Porn Industry
Tickle porn is still quite “new”, so it remains to be seen what impact it will have on the porn industry. However, with more people becoming aware of its existence (or at least acknowledging it), it is likely to continue to grow in popularity.
It may even evolve into something more mainstream, providing a refreshing alternative to the more traditional forms of adult entertainment.