The surprising sexual kink that is most likely to result in orgasm, new study ... trends now
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Being tickled could be enough to bring on an orgasm, a study suggests.
First-of-its-kind research from Germany involving about 700 adults looked at the relationship between being tickled and experiencing sexual pleasure.
The researchers found that nearly 90 percent said they felt some degree of sexual stimulation from being tickled alone without other stimuli.
And one in four women and men reached orgasm exclusively through tickling.
Nearly 90 percent of participants said they felt sexual stimulation from tickling alone. For 25 percent, tickling was enough for them to reach orgasm
The team found most participants who found tickling sexually gratifying enjoyed being tickled as children, suggesting that childhood experiences could 'shape their fetishism development.'
Sarah Dagher, study author and a PhD candidate at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, told PsyPost that the study shows that 'the spectrum of what can lead to sexual pleasure is broader than what we previously thought and extends beyond conventional concepts.'
The researchers recruited participants through a 43-question survey posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Five 'tickle fetish influencers' also agreed to participate by reposting the survey link and pinning it to their profiles.
Over the course of 108 days, 719 people filled out the survey, which was available in both English and Japanese. Of those responses, 193 were in English and 526 were in Japanese.
The vast majority of participants - 74.3 percent - were male, while 20.7 percent were female and the remainder identified as non-binary.
