titillation, n.All

Titillation (n.) offers ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠and withholds in a single gesture: in the culture industry everything revolves around the sex act precisely because it can never take place.