I came across an article online from the Jamaica Gleaner.
Talking SEX: Turning pain into pleasure
The link to the article is
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080607/features/features9.html
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Some interesting points I noticed in the article:
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Many people think that BDSM practitioners are mentally challenged, but The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM-IV) asserts, "The fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviours" must "cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning" and the activity must be the sole means of sexual gratification for a period of six months. It might also involve violation of consent for sexual sadism or masochism to be considered a mental disorder.
Interestingly, BDSM practitioners are usually well educated, wealthy yuppies aged 20-40.
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The pleasure of pain
From what I have just described, it appears that a small subculture do derive pleasure from pain. The experts believe that painful stimuli cause the release of pleasure hormones such as endorphins, serotonin, melatonin, adrenaline and noradrenaline.
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In 1987, Moser and Levitt conducted a study of 178 male and 47 female BSDM practitioners. The results revealed:
66.1 per cent enjoyed spanking
65.0 per cent enjoyed bondage
14.7 per cent enjoyed piercing
10.1 per cent enjoyed branding
6.8 per cent enjoyed tattooing
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Common myths about BDSM:
Dominants are naturally cruel people.
Submissives are naturally weak-willed 'doormats'.
Submissives are attempting to relive childhood abuse.
Talking SEX: Turning pain into pleasure
The link to the article is
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080607/features/features9.html
*****
Some interesting points I noticed in the article:
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Many people think that BDSM practitioners are mentally challenged, but The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM-IV) asserts, "The fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviours" must "cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning" and the activity must be the sole means of sexual gratification for a period of six months. It might also involve violation of consent for sexual sadism or masochism to be considered a mental disorder.
Interestingly, BDSM practitioners are usually well educated, wealthy yuppies aged 20-40.
-----
The pleasure of pain
From what I have just described, it appears that a small subculture do derive pleasure from pain. The experts believe that painful stimuli cause the release of pleasure hormones such as endorphins, serotonin, melatonin, adrenaline and noradrenaline.
-----
In 1987, Moser and Levitt conducted a study of 178 male and 47 female BSDM practitioners. The results revealed:
66.1 per cent enjoyed spanking
65.0 per cent enjoyed bondage
14.7 per cent enjoyed piercing
10.1 per cent enjoyed branding
6.8 per cent enjoyed tattooing
-----
Common myths about BDSM:
Dominants are naturally cruel people.
Submissives are naturally weak-willed 'doormats'.
Submissives are attempting to relive childhood abuse.
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