The 'embarrassment' response to tickling : Men versus women

[Slydog]

I am not embarrassed about being ticklish. I do believe it could be my weakness only when others find out you are ticklish they will always tickle you. I would be nervous if some found out and then I get tickled a lot lol. My husband is also very ticklish and he definitely does not want to show that he is outside of us lol. It could be because he is in Law Enforcement and with his size, 6’2 and like 240lbs, tattooed and pretty muscular, he would definitely see it as a weakness lol….. that’s my two sense

Would you say your husband is more ticklish than you anywhere? Have you ever tickled him really bad?!

 

[AshleyC]

Would you say your husband is more ticklish than you anywhere? Have you ever tickled him really bad?!

He is definitely not more ticklish than me but he is very ticklish. No, I’ve never tickled him really bad

 

[retry0]

I can see that to a lot of people here, not admiting ticklishness is somehow part of the play or even pride. I understand it's related to the dom/sub mindset. Probably it's because for many people tickle fetish and bdsm fetish mix up in a unique thing and tickling is only seen through a fetishist, and a sadomasochist perspective. But I don't think people in general see tickling directly as a form of domination or a "bad" thing. I mean, the ideia that "tickling is a torture!" is more of a "fun fact" and a popular joke. It's not psychological violence unless it is actually forced. So I think most people are embarassed about admiting simply because it's something intimate and personal. And also people simply deny being ticklish to discourage more tickling.

And I do believe men are less confortable about it.

 

[natscott6282]

I can see that to a lot of people here, not admiting ticklishness is somehow part of the play or even pride. I understand it's related to the dom/sub mindset. Probably it's because for many people tickle fetish and bdsm fetish mix up in a unique thing and tickling is only seen through a fetishist, and a sadomasochist perspective. But I don't think people in general see tickling directly as a form of domination or a "bad" thing. I mean, the ideia that "tickling is a torture!" is more of a "fun fact" and a popular joke. It's not psychological violence unless it is actually forced. So I think most people are embarassed about admiting simply because it's something intimate and personal. And also people simply deny being ticklish to discourage more tickling.

And I do believe men are less confortable about it.

most males i have know (not into tickling and ticklishness, just regular ppl) find it very embarrassing being male and rlly ticklish, many always denied it in the past