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Sadomasochism

Index Sadomasochism

Sadism and masochism, known collectively as sadomasochism, are the derivation of pleasure from acts of respectively inflicting or receiving pain or humiliation. [1]

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  1. 71 relations: Aesthetics, Algolagnia, American Psychiatric Association, BDSM, Being and Nothingness, Blend word, Bloomsbury Publishing, Breast torture, Cock and ball torture, Consent in BDSM, CRC Press, Cuckold, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Dichotomy, Discipline (BDSM), Distress (medicine), Dominance and submission, DSM-5, Edgeplay, Erotic humiliation, European Union, Forensic science, Gilles Deleuze, Handkerchief code, Havelock Ellis, Humiliation, ICD-11, Isidor Sadger, Jacques Lacan, James Giles (philosopher), Jean-Paul Sartre, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Sex Research, Justine (de Sade novel), Juvenal, Larry Townsend, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Marquis de Sade, Master/slave (BDSM), Mental disorder, Mimetic theory, New York Daily News, Nose torture, Paddle (spanking), Pain, Pan (god), Paraphilia, Play piercing, Psychiatrist, ... Expand index (21 more) »

  2. BDSM
  3. Cruelty
  4. Personality disorders
  5. Psychiatric research

Aesthetics

Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art.

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Algolagnia

Algolagnia (from ἄλγος, álgos, "pain", and λαγνεία, lagneía, "lust") is a sexual tendency which is defined by deriving sexual pleasure and stimulation from physical pain, often involving an erogenous zone.

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American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world.

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BDSM

BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics.

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Being and Nothingness

Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology (L'Être et le néant: Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique), sometimes published with the subtitle A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology, is a 1943 book by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

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Blend word

In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining the sounds and meanings of two or more words.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.

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Breast torture

Breast torture (also called breast play, nipple torture or tit torture) is a BDSM activity in which sexual stimulation is provided through the intentional application of physical pain or constriction to the breasts, areolae or nipples of a submissive.

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Cock and ball torture

chastity device designed to be fastened around the penis and cause pain if it becomes erect Cock and ball torture (CBT) is a sexual activity involving the application of pain or constriction to the male genitals.

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Consent within BDSM is when a participant gives their permission for certain acts or types of relationships.

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CRC Press

The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.

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Cuckold

A cuckold is the husband of an adulterous wife; the wife of an adulterous husband is a cuckquean.

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria.

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Dichotomy

A dichotomy is a partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subsets).

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Discipline (BDSM)

Discipline in BDSM is the practice in which the dominant sets rules which the submissive is expected to obey.

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Distress (medicine)

In medicine, distress is an aversive state in which a person is unable to completely adapt to difficult situations and their resulting effects and shows maladaptive behaviors.

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Dominance and submission

Dominance and submission (D/s) is a set of behaviors, customs, and rituals involving the submission of one person to another in an erotic episode or lifestyle.

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DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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Edgeplay

In BDSM, edgeplay is a subjective term for activity (sexual or mentally manipulative) that may challenge the conventional safe, sane and consensual ("SSC") scheme; if one is aware of the risks and consequences and is willing to accept them, then the activity is considered risk-aware consensual kink ("RACK").

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Erotic humiliation

Erotic humiliation or Sexual humiliation is a consensual psychological humiliation performed in order to produce erotic excitement or sexual arousal.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Forensic science

Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science principles and methods to support legal decision-making in matters of criminal and civil law.

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Gilles Deleuze

Gilles Louis René Deleuze (18 January 1925 – 4 November 1995) was a French philosopher who, from the early 1950s until his death in 1995, wrote on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art.

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Handkerchief code

The handkerchief code (also known as the hanky code, the bandana code, and flagging) is a system of color-coded cloth handkerchief or bandanas for non-verbally communicating one's interests in sexual activities and fetishes.

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Havelock Ellis

Henry Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939) was an English-French physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality.

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Humiliation

Humiliation is the abasement of pride, which creates mortification or leads to a state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

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ICD-11

The ICD-11 is the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

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Isidor Sadger

Isidor Isaak Sadger (29 October 1867 – 21 December 1942), born in Neu Sandez, Galicia, was a forensic medical doctor and psychoanalyst in Vienna.

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Jacques Lacan

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist.

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James Giles (philosopher)

James Giles (born 1958) is a Canadian philosopher and psychologist.

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Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.

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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court, who reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era.

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Journal of Homosexuality

The Journal of Homosexuality is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research into sexual practices and gender roles in their cultural, historical, interpersonal, and modern social contexts.

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Journal of Sex Research

The Journal of Sex Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of human sexuality and the field of sexology in general.

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Justine (de Sade novel)

Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue (French: Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu) is a 1791 novel by Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade.

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Juvenal

Decimus Junius Juvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD.

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Larry Townsend

Larry Townsend (27 October 1930 – 29 July 2008) was the American author of dozens of books including Run, Little Leather Boy (1970) and The Leatherman's Handbook (1972), published by pioneer erotic presses such as Greenleaf Classics and the Other Traveler imprint of Olympia Press.

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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (27 January 1836 – 9 March 1895) was an Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist, who gained renown for his romantic stories of Galician life.

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Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) was a French writer, libertine, political activist and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy and pornography.

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Master/slave (BDSM)

In BDSM, Master/slave, M/s or sexual slavery is a relationship in which one individual serves another in a consensual authority-exchange structured relationship.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Mimetic theory

The mimetic theory of desire, an explanation of human behavior and culture, originated with the French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science René Girard (1923–2015).

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Nose torture

Nose torture is a classic Japanese form of BDSM, that usually involves a hook applied in the nose — so called nosehook — that pulls the nose backwards.

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Paddle (spanking)

A spanking paddle is an implement used to strike a person on the buttocks.

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Pain

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.

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Pan (god)

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan (Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs.

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Paraphilia

A paraphilia is an experience of recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, places, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals.

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Play piercing

Play piercing, needle play, or recreational acupuncture is body piercing done for the purpose of enjoying the experience rather than producing a permanent body decoration.

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Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry.

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Psychoanalysis

PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: +. is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge.

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Psychopathology

Psychopathology is the study of mental illness.

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Psychosexual development

In psychoanalysis, psychosexual development is a central element of the sexual drive theory.

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René Girard

René Noël Théophile Girard (25 December 1923 – 4 November 2015) was a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of philosophical anthropology.

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Richard von Krafft-Ebing

Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing; 14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).

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Sadism and masochism in fiction

The role of sadism and masochism in fiction has attracted serious scholarly attention.

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Safeword

In BDSM, a safeword is a code word, series of code words or other signal used by a person to communicate their physical or emotional state, typically when approaching, or crossing, a physical, emotional, or moral boundary.

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Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude ("harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.

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Service-oriented submission

In BDSM, service-oriented submission (or sometimes servitude) is the performance of personal tasks for a dominant partner, as part of a submissive role in a BDSM relationship.

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Sexual sadism disorder

Sexual sadism disorder is the condition of experiencing great sexual arousal in response to the involuntary extreme pain, suffering or humiliation of other people.

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Sexual violence

Sexual violence is any harmful or unwanted sexual act—or attempt to obtain a sexual act through violence or coercion—or an act directed against a person's sexuality without their consent, by any individual regardless of their relationship to the victim.

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.

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Suspension (body modification)

Body suspension means the act of rigging a human body to hang from implements that have been placed through temporary perforations in the skin.

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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (Des choses cachées depuis la fondation du monde) is a 1978 book by the French critic René Girard; it presents a dialogue between Girard and the psychiatrists Jean-Michel Oughourlian and Guy Lefort.

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Top, bottom, switch

The terms top, bottom, and switch are used to describe roles during a sexual act, or they may more broadly denote a psychological, social, or sexual identity, or indicate one's usual preference.

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Types of rapists

There have been many theories set forth by researchers regarding the various types of rapists.

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Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs (Venus im Pelz) is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works.

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Wave-Gotik-Treffen

The italic (WGT; German for "Wave Gothic Meeting") is an annual world festival for "dark" music and "dark culture" in Leipzig, Germany.

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Wax play

Wax play is a form of temperature play practiced in a BDSM context, in which wax from a candle is dripped onto a person's naked skin, in order to introduce a slight burning sensation to the skin.

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Wikinews

Wikinews is a free-content news wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation that works through collaborative journalism.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

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See also

BDSM

Cruelty

Personality disorders

Psychiatric research

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadomasochism

Also known as Masochism, Masochistic, Masochists, Pleasure from pain, S & M, S And M, S&M, Sadism & Masochism, Sadism and Masochism, Sado masochism, Sado-Masochism, Sado-masochist, Sado-masochistic, Sadomasochist, Sadomasochistic, Sexual Masochism.

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