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Contents 1 sexual harassment 2 just a question 3 Physical Reactions 4 self-tickling 5 critique 6 Tickling in other species, and is "Tickle Me Elmo" link really appropriate? 7 Sorority initiations

[edit] sexual harassment

Why is this sentence "It can be a form of or simply mistaken for sexual harassment." under the fetish section? Doesn't that fit better under Society? I will move it if there are no objections.Magdela 16:39, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] just a question

anyone here actually ticklish? i was thinking of adding a poll that explains different sexes, age, ethnicity, and other things and how ticklish different people are. —This unsigned comment was added by 24.149.179.44 (talk • contribs) 03:19, 10 December 2005.

Yes and no. --^pirate 02:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Physical Reactions

This entire section is speculative and unsourced and I am going to delete it unless anyone can improve it.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.44.1.200 (talk) 05:58, 5 June 2006

otocan

I think we should add more pictures of tickling—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.133 (talk) 08:43, 7 July 2006

[edit] self-tickling

should we add that it is possible to tickle yourself by rubbing the tongue against the roof of the mouth?Pray4javon 00:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I would guess that this is a knismesis response, and it seems that "light touching" would cover tickling the roof of the mouth too. Also, it may not be possible for everyone to tickle themselves in this way.--DO11.10 01:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

A reason that my daughter said that self tickling does not work is becasue there is no bonding involved. If tickling developed through the bonding of parent child interaction and is still a nervous reaction with other bonding of secure relationships the lack of self tickling makes sense because ther is no bonding associated with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parkerko (talk • contribs) 02:01, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] critique

This quote: "Tickling is perhaps one of the most common human behaviors known. While many people assume that other people enjoy tickling, a recent survey of 84 college students indicated that only 32% of respondents enjoyed being tickled (32% and 36% of respondents, respectively, either gave neutral responses, or stated that they did not enjoy being tickled.)[13]"

You can't take a survey of 84 college students and apply it to the entire world, you cant even really apply it to anything. Drawing the conclusion that most people, in general, do not like being tickled based on 84 college students is erroneous. This should be removed as it is irrelevant. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by UnboundShadow (talk • contribs) 18:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

So according to you, to be relevant, we would have to survey the whole world? Well that seems unlikely to happen. These researchers took a survey, drew some conclusions and reported it, happens all the time. As long as the study is presented in the correct context (which it is) the study is perfectly valid. If you can find something better that can be reliably sourced, I would happily include it here, but that was the best (and only) study published in by a reputable source that I could find.

Actually, you drew the conclusion "that most people, in general, do not like being tickled". My conclusion was that 32% of the college students liked it, and that that would probably be surprising to people who assume that others enjoy being tickled.--DO11.10 23:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

In my psy 101 textbook, Research Stories for Introductory Psychology, every research study had fewer than 300 people involved in each. I think the largest was 200. College students are common subjects because they are not too old or too young to have age factors that limit their abilities, are legal adults, and generally do not have too many outside influences that prohibit them from taking part in the study (like a family responsibility or a full time job). Smaller numbers are easier to deal with, especially because you can more easily compare data. This is not to say that you can survey 2 people, but 84 is not a bad number to get a general idea of how people react. Every study has problems and every study can be improved. Psychology is not what I would call an exact science. 137.142.181.179 21:44, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tickling in other species, and is "Tickle Me Elmo" link really appropriate?

I have observed that in my pet (a bearded dragon, thus not even a mammal) when I sometimes stroke his lower feet, he jerks and kicks it, and sometimes scampers away. Originally I thought it was because I perhaps rubbed a scale wrong or because it bothered him when he was shedding, but recently I've been wondering if I've been tickling him. I thought humans were ticklish due to our skin and potentially hair. Are other species ticklish? Is there any way to tell the difference between tickling and hurting?

And I don't see why "tickle me elmo" is linked beyond that it has the word tickle in it.

137.142.181.179 21:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorority initiations

My step-Mom went to college, and joined a sorority. She said one of her "tasks" was to get "tattooed", she said she was tied down to a pool table and wrote on from her feet (which are insanely ticklish), to her head. She said it was hell, and it took nearly two hours. She still gets the willies talking about it.

Anyone else heard of this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by EveilWeevil (talk • contribs) 07:06, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

A picture called Image:Sorority initiation.jpg was added by 75.38.50.65, but later removed by 65.95.149.56. It has since been deleted. — Wenli ^{(reply here)} 01:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I need to see this picture. <__< -- Me^Holla! 16:24, 13 May 2008 (UTC)