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My Magazine > Editors Archive > Sexpert > Tickle Me to Ecstasy
Tickle Me to Ecstasy   by Maris Lemieux, a Review

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Michael Moran's book Erotic Tickling is a short little how-to (about a hundred pages) that has some great tips spread here and there throughout. It's kind of a primer, though, so if you've got a past with wild tickling sessions or kinky lovemaking, you'll have to hunt to find the buried treasures.

The book suggests that tickling becomes juicier when combined with a little bondage and role play. Give your partner a blindfold and some good story-telling and you can bring them to a slow boil. There's a chapter on Bondage and one on scenarios that will be old news to kinky folk.

One of the strong chapters for any reader would be the one on "Body Parts." Moran suggests people draw a tickle map of their lover's body. Half the fun, of course, is discovering the map -- you have to go body part by body part, and then take notes. "The most ticklish spots can be colored bright red (or 'tickled' pink); the least ticklish, dull green." Also in this chapter are suggestions as to how to get the most tickle out of each body part. What do you do to get a reaction out of feet with calluses? How do you tickle a knee? Where do you use fingernails? Where do you use stronger touches? Although some of this is common sense and the more common sense you have the more of Moran's ideas you already know, the book will still probably reveal something unexpected or unknown, no matter how much common sense you have. Like:

"Tight shoes or socks made of scratchy wool can also be useful to the ET [Erotic Tickling] couple who are into feet. Feet lightly sweating and pinched half the day in cotton socks and tennis shoes will be excruciatingly tender and ticklish when suddenly made bare" (19).

This same chapter includes various tickling techniques, like the "spider" technique. There's a chapter on role playing scenarios -- which will not be news to the D/s player, who probably has or prefers to invent his or her own scenarios. But for folks who haven't actually thought about role play, this chapter could be the beginning of a lifetime quest. And there's also a chapter of "case histories," stories of how other people explored and grew into advanced tickling.

Some of the best ideas are sprinkled throughout the book under no particular heading. He has some great ideas on build-up and anticipation. For example, on a day you're planning to do tickling, have the lover wear something all day that reminds them of the upcoming session (17). Two other great ideas from the book come to mind -- the tease (don't let the ticklee come until you say so) and the terrorizing (tell him or her what you're going to do to them before you do it). Moran later tells us that a study of brain activity and tickling revealed that "'as far as the brain is concened, the threat of a tickle is the same as the feel of a real tickle'" (92).

The chapter on "Case Histories" shows the diversity of tickle play among couples, and besides being a fun read, it's quite motivating. The fact Moran's book most often reminds us is that tickling is very personal and it's up to the lover (and the love of tickling) to bring the personal data to the fore. Does he like it if I tickle this spot or does he prefer to be nibbled there? Does she like the tickling strong and persistent or does she like it soft, light and feathery? Does he have sensitive nipples? Does she have sensitive soles? These are questions you answer for yourself in your own erotic tickling explorations. The other reason the individual stories are fun is because they show exactly how erotic a good tickle session can be -- these couples tickle and manipulate the genitals at the same. Mix up the feelings. Expand the sensuality. As a result, they speak of sensational orgasms. If you haven't tried this one-two tickle-fuck, it might be worth a try because as the stories also show, the exploration of erotic tickling has the potential to refresh a couple's sex life.