MstrssPassion
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The term sadist was recently discussed in a group that I co-own on another area of the net. Here is a few paragraphs that I wrote on the subject. quote:
Sadomasochism (S&M) is a combined term that has been traditionally used for the giving & receiving of pain for erotic gratification. However, such a simple definition is inadequate for describing what is a very complex type of behavior. Sadism & masochism are terms that were first used in a consistent scientific way by a psychoanalyst named Richard von Krafft-Ebing in 1885. In his work Psychopathia Sexualis he defined sadism as the experience of sexual pleasurable sensations (including orgasm) produced by acts of cruelty, bodily punishment afflicted on one's person or when witnessed by others, be they animals or human beings. He also said it may consist of an innate desire to humiliate, hurt, wound or even destroy others in order to create sexual pleasure in one's self. The term sadism itself is derived from the Marquis de Sade who lived during the 18th & early 19th century. Havelock Ellis (Studies in the Psychology of Sex, 1942) narrowed down the definitions by saying that when we understand that it is pain only & not cruelty, that is the essential in this group of manifestations (sadomasochism) we begin to come nearer to their explanation. The masochist desires to experience pain, but generally they desire it to be inflicted in love; the sadist desires to inflict pain, but in some cases, if not in most, the sadist desires that it should be felt as love. Ellis continues with an important point... the sadist is concerned with the sexual pleasure of the "victim". He in fact wrote that "the sadist by no means wishes to exclude the victim's pleasure, & may even regard that pleasure as essential to his own satisfaction" This last paragraph states that the sadistic act is not preformed just for the pleasure of the one carrying out the torturous acts & would discount so many of the buzzes about dominants/tops being topped from the bottom. It is possible to carry out activities with our submissive's/bottom's desire in mind rather than solely our own. Keep on plucking those chest hairs you sadist... LOL!!
< Message edited by MstrssPassion -- 11/1/2005 5:04:43 AM >
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