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| {{short description|Use of tickling to abuse, dominate, harass, humiliate, or interrogate an individual.}} | {{short description|Use of tickling to abuse, dominate, harass, humiliate, or interrogate an individual.}} | ||
| ⚫ | '''Tickle torture''' is the prolonged use of ] to ], ], ], ], or ] an individual.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Death By Tickling: The Horrible Torture Method That Can Cause An Aneurysm|url=https://culturacolectiva.com/history/tickling-torture-method-can-cause-aneurysm|date=2019-03-28|website=culturacolectiva.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25|archive-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630013637/https://culturacolectiva.com/history/tickling-torture-method-can-cause-aneurysm|url-status=live}}</ref> While ] is popularly thought of as a ] response, in tickle torture, the one being tickled may laugh whether or not they find the experience pleasant.<ref name=":0" /> In a tickling situation, laughter can indicate a ] reflex rather than a pleasure response.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/03/science/anatomy-of-a-tickle-is-serious-business-at-the-research-lab.html|newspaper=New York Times|title=Anatomy of a Tickle Is Serious Business at the Research Lab|author=Carol Yoon|date=June 3, 1997|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=February 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221145218/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/03/science/anatomy-of-a-tickle-is-serious-business-at-the-research-lab.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Tickle torture can cause real physical and mental distress in a victim.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} | ||
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| Tickle torture can be used as an alternative to outright violence. Tickle torture can be used as an interrogation technique, by utilising prolonged or intense tickling until discomfort causes the victim to release the required information.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} It can also be used as a display of dominance, as it could involve physically overpowering an individual. This can be seen as humiliating, as the act of being tickled can produce involuntary reactions, such as squealing or kicking.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} | |||
| ⚫ | '''Tickle torture''' is the prolonged use of ] to ], ], ], ], or ] an individual. |
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| ==Historical examples== | |||
| == Description == | |||
| ] criminal museum, depicting criminals placed in stocks. The town people would tickle them and put salt on their feet so goats would lick the feet.]] | |||
| ⚫ | An article in the '']'' about European tortures describes a method of |
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| ⚫ | In ], those{{Who|date=November 2024}} in positions of authority could administer punishments to those convicted of crimes that were beyond the criminal code. These punishments were called, shikei, which translates as ‘private punishment.’ One such torture was kusuguri-zeme (擽り責め){{Clarify|reason=don't assume english wikipedia users are fluent in japanese|date=November 2024}}.<ref>Schreiber, Mark.'' The Dark Side: Infamous Japanese Crimes and Criminals''. Japan: Kodansha International, 2001. p. 71 {{ISBN?}}</ref> | ||
| ==History== | |||
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| ⚫ | An article in the '']'' about European tortures describes a method of torture called the "]" in which a ] was compelled to lick the victim's feet because they had been dipped in ]. Once the goat had licked the salt off, the victim's feet would be dipped in the salt water again and the process would be repeated.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=] |year=2001 |title=Torture: European Instruments of Torture and Capital Punishment from the Middle Ages to Present |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=323 |issue=7308 |page=346 |doi=10.1136/bmj.323.7308.346|s2cid=220098652 }}</ref> However, it remains unclear if this method was ever used in practice as it is only described in the 1502 ''Tractatus de indiciis et tortura'' by the ] ] and ] Franciscus Brunus de San Severino – a treatise that actually cautioned against torture in general – and while it seems clear that Franciscus Brunus had not made up this practice, the issue is left open whether the inclusion in the treatise is based on ], (reliable) eye-witness accounts, or personal experience.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Esther |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9WkBvu-wfjAC&pg=PA76 |title=The Modulated Scream: Pain in Late Medieval Culture |date=2009 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-11267-1 |language=en |access-date=2020-10-03 |archive-date=2021-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924193958/https://books.google.com/books?id=9WkBvu-wfjAC&pg=PA76 |url-status=live }}</ref> This uncertainty does not preclude this anecdote from being repeated in popular culture, such as in a 2013 episode of the ] satirical quiz show ].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=QI Series J, Episode 17 – Jolly |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/10/17/ |access-date=2019-11-23 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en-GB |archive-date=2019-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826180427/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/10/17/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | In ], those in positions of authority could administer punishments to those convicted of crimes that were beyond the criminal code. |
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| An 1887 article entitled "England in Old Times" states, "Gone, too, are the parish ], in which male offenders against public morality formerly sat imprisoned, with their legs held fast beneath a heavy wooden yoke, while sundry small but fiendish boys improved the occasion by deliberately pulling off their shoes and tickling the soles of the men’s defenseless feet."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ker |first=David |date=November 13, 1887 |title=England in Old Times |work=The New York Times}}</ref> | An 1887 article entitled "England in Old Times" states, "Gone, too, are the parish ], in which male offenders against public morality formerly sat imprisoned, with their legs held fast beneath a heavy wooden yoke, while sundry small but fiendish boys improved the occasion by deliberately pulling off their shoes and tickling the soles of the men’s defenseless feet."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ker |first=David |date=November 13, 1887 |title=England in Old Times |work=The New York Times}}</ref> | ||
| A 1903 article{{Attribution needed|date=June 2023}} described an immobilized ] patient at the ] who was tied to a bed for his own safety. While he lay helpless, the patient's feet were tickled by one of the hospital attendants, Frank A. Sanders. "Sanders is said to have confessed that while intoxicated he amused himself by tickling the feet and ribs of Hayes and pulling his nose." Sanders also gave his restrained victim a black eye. Another hospital employee came upon Sanders while he was entertaining himself at his patient's expense, and |
A 1903 article{{Attribution needed|date=June 2023}} described an immobilized ] patient at the ] who was tied to a bed for his own safety. While he lay helpless, the patient's feet were tickled by one of the hospital attendants, Frank A. Sanders. "Sanders is said to have confessed that while intoxicated he amused himself by tickling the feet and ribs of Hayes and pulling his nose." Sanders also gave his restrained victim a black eye. Another hospital employee came upon Sanders while he was entertaining himself at his patient's expense, and Sanders was brought before a grand jury.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 6, 1903 |title=Treated Patient Brutally |work=The New York Times}}</ref> | ||
| In Vernon Wiehe's book ''Sibling Abuse'', he published his research findings regarding 150 adults who were abused by their siblings during childhood. Several reported tickling as a type of physical abuse they experienced, and based on these reports it was revealed that abusive tickling is capable of provoking extreme physiological reactions in the victim, such as ], ], and ] due to inability to breathe.<ref>Wiehe, Vernon. ''Sibling Abuse: Hidden Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Trauma''. New York: Lexington Books, 1990. {{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=February 2022}}</ref> |
In Vernon Wiehe's book ''Sibling Abuse'', he published his research findings regarding 150 adults who were abused by their siblings during childhood. Several reported tickling as a type of physical abuse they experienced, and based on these reports it was revealed that abusive tickling is capable of provoking extreme physiological reactions in the victim, such as ], ], and ] due to inability to breathe.<ref>Wiehe, Vernon. ''Sibling Abuse: Hidden Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Trauma''. New York: Lexington Books, 1990. {{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=February 2022}}</ref> | ||
| ==Other uses and meanings== | |||
| The term ''tickle torture'' can apply to many different situations that do not include the aforementioned acts of either sexual gratification or malicious torture. | |||
| A common form of tickle torture is tickling being used by siblings as an alternative of using outright violence to attempt to dominate each other or settle disputes. | |||
| ''Tickle torture'' can be an extended act of tickling where the recipient of the tickling would view it as a long time or tickling of an intense nature. This can be due to the length of time they are tickled, the intensity of the tickling or the areas that are being tickled. This can simply be a 30-second tickle applied to the victim's bare feet, which can seem like a much longer time if the victim's feet are very ticklish. While the palm of the ] is far more sensitive to touch, other commonly ] include the ], sides of the ], ], ], ], ]s, ], and the ]. Many people consider the ]s of their feet the most ticklish, due to the many nerve endings located there: this explains why tickling one's feet against their will is the most common example of "tickle torture".<ref name=Harris>{{cite journal|author=Harris, Christine R.|title=The mystery of ticklish laughter|journal=American Scientist|year=1999|access-date=2008-11-09|volume=87|issue=4|page=344|url=http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/1999/4/the-mystery-of-ticklish-laughter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520181713/http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/1999/4/the-mystery-of-ticklish-laughter|archive-date=2017-05-20|doi=10.1511/1999.4.344|bibcode=1999AmSci..87..344H}}</ref> | |||
| "Tickle torture" may also have other uses, including the act of tickling a person as a means of humiliating someone, or even an interrogation method. This may not be extreme tickling, but could include prolonged tickling upon a sensitive area until the victim has released the required information. In the former case, it could be used as a way of humiliating a person, as the act of being tickled can produce many sounds and sensations that could be viewed as being embarrassing to the victim. In this way, the tickling can continue to the point where a certain reaction is revealed. | |||
| This method of "humiliating" could also incorporate the use of physical restraint or restraint using materials. This would be done to leave a desired area of the body bare and vulnerable to the tickling, in a way that the victim would not be able to remove this area from the tickling, and would have to simply endure. This can also be seen as "punishment" or "payback" as the tickler could be using the tickling as retribution from a previous tickling experience or "humiliating event". | |||
| ==Consensual== | |||
| {{Main|Consensual tickling}} | |||
| In ], tickle torture is an activity between Raysel and Ian. A torture session usually begins with one partner allowing the other to tie them up in a position that exposes bare parts of the body, particularly those that are sensitive to tickling, or the whole body to the access of the tickler. The victim would typically be in their underwear or partially to fully naked, the latter also intended as a form of humiliation while being tickled. Though many parts of the human body are deemed ticklish, tickle torture is commonly associated with the tickling of the bare feet or armpits. | |||
| The bondage methods of the tickling usually follows the same basic methods. The object of the bondage is to render the victim unable to remove themselves from the tickling, as well as rendering the ticklish areas of the victim vulnerable. The victim is usually bound in a sitting or lying position rather than a standing one as to expose the soles of the feet which are often among the areas upon which tickling is inflicted. The restraint of the arms above the head leaves the upper body and underarms susceptible to the tickling. This enables the torturer to use whatever they want, e.g. fingers, tongue, beard, feathers, brush, pine cones, salt sticks, electric toothbrush or a hairbrush. | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:21, 5 January 2025
Use of tickling to abuse, dominate, harass, humiliate, or interrogate an individual.Tickle torture is the prolonged use of tickling to abuse, dominate, harass, humiliate, or interrogate an individual. While laughter is popularly thought of as a pleasure response, in tickle torture, the one being tickled may laugh whether or not they find the experience pleasant. In a tickling situation, laughter can indicate a panic reflex rather than a pleasure response. Tickle torture can cause real physical and mental distress in a victim.
Tickle torture can be used as an alternative to outright violence. Tickle torture can be used as an interrogation technique, by utilising prolonged or intense tickling until discomfort causes the victim to release the required information. It can also be used as a display of dominance, as it could involve physically overpowering an individual. This can be seen as humiliating, as the act of being tickled can produce involuntary reactions, such as squealing or kicking.
Historical examples
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In ancient Japan, those in positions of authority could administer punishments to those convicted of crimes that were beyond the criminal code. These punishments were called, shikei, which translates as ‘private punishment.’ One such torture was kusuguri-zeme (擽り責め).
An article in the British Medical Journal about European tortures describes a method of torture called the "goat's tongue" in which a goat was compelled to lick the victim's feet because they had been dipped in salt water. Once the goat had licked the salt off, the victim's feet would be dipped in the salt water again and the process would be repeated. However, it remains unclear if this method was ever used in practice as it is only described in the 1502 Tractatus de indiciis et tortura by the Italian jurist and monk Franciscus Brunus de San Severino – a treatise that actually cautioned against torture in general – and while it seems clear that Franciscus Brunus had not made up this practice, the issue is left open whether the inclusion in the treatise is based on hearsay, (reliable) eye-witness accounts, or personal experience. This uncertainty does not preclude this anecdote from being repeated in popular culture, such as in a 2013 episode of the British satirical quiz show QI.
An 1887 article entitled "England in Old Times" states, "Gone, too, are the parish stocks, in which male offenders against public morality formerly sat imprisoned, with their legs held fast beneath a heavy wooden yoke, while sundry small but fiendish boys improved the occasion by deliberately pulling off their shoes and tickling the soles of the men’s defenseless feet."
A 1903 article described an immobilized suicidal patient at the Hudson River State Hospital who was tied to a bed for his own safety. While he lay helpless, the patient's feet were tickled by one of the hospital attendants, Frank A. Sanders. "Sanders is said to have confessed that while intoxicated he amused himself by tickling the feet and ribs of Hayes and pulling his nose." Sanders also gave his restrained victim a black eye. Another hospital employee came upon Sanders while he was entertaining himself at his patient's expense, and Sanders was brought before a grand jury.
In Vernon Wiehe's book Sibling Abuse, he published his research findings regarding 150 adults who were abused by their siblings during childhood. Several reported tickling as a type of physical abuse they experienced, and based on these reports it was revealed that abusive tickling is capable of provoking extreme physiological reactions in the victim, such as vomiting, urinary incontinence, and losing consciousness due to inability to breathe.
See also
References
- ^ "Death By Tickling: The Horrible Torture Method That Can Cause An Aneurysm". culturacolectiva.com. 2019-03-28. Archived from the original on 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- Carol Yoon (June 3, 1997). "Anatomy of a Tickle Is Serious Business at the Research Lab". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
- Schreiber, Mark. The Dark Side: Infamous Japanese Crimes and Criminals. Japan: Kodansha International, 2001. p. 71
- Gavin Yamey (2001). "Torture: European Instruments of Torture and Capital Punishment from the Middle Ages to Present". British Medical Journal. 323 (7308): 346. doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7308.346. S2CID 220098652.
- Cohen, Esther (2009). The Modulated Scream: Pain in Late Medieval Culture. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-11267-1. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "QI Series J, Episode 17 – Jolly". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- Ker, David (November 13, 1887). "England in Old Times". The New York Times.
- "Treated Patient Brutally". The New York Times. September 6, 1903.
- Wiehe, Vernon. Sibling Abuse: Hidden Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Trauma. New York: Lexington Books, 1990.