orgasmdenial12
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Submission is based on masochism (as BDSM is based on s&m); there's a massive history of it in literature, sexual research, sexual culture and on BDSM websites. People forget (or perhaps never knew) that Masoch, the writer whose named coined the term masochism, wrote about having a slave contract with his Mistress and following her rules. Most academics treat D/s and BDSM as synonymous with s&m, and refer to them as sm or s&m. Even in research which refers to Doms and subs, the behaviour being measured is s&m play. I don't personally know of a single piece of reliable research that measures only D/s without any s&m content. Masochism has always referenced an element of what we now call submission ever since the term was coined by Richard von Krafft-Ebing and I have included one of his quotes below. I think, considering the huge overlap between submission and masochism, that it would be incumbent on you to prove that the majority of submissives were not masochists. I would take almost any kind of evidence - a website for D/s that did not reference pain in any way, research that showed submissives did not fantasise about or engage in s&m play, a body of erotic literature based on submission with no s&m, research showing what percentage of the population were solely Doms and subs with no s&m interests or behaviour, etc. The simple truth is that submission without any kind of masochism is very rare, as is D/s without any kind of s&m. I personally have never met such person in 13 years on the scene and I have only seen about 2 or 3 online. Considering that I participate in some the biggest BDSM groups in the world (as most of us do) this is a very tiny number. Even amongst submissives who don't personally enjoy the feeling of pain, they are often aroused by taking it because of the power exchange in their relationship or because of their feelings towards their partner, which is well within the modern medical definition of masochism which includes "being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer." If you have evidence otherwise, please feel free to post it :-) Various references that may be interesting: Venus in Furs - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch A Defence of Masochism - Anita Philips Safe, Sane and Consensual Langdridge and Barker Definition of Masochism (Psychopathia Sexualis) "“Masochism is the opposite of sadism. While the latter is the desire to cause pain and use force, the former is the wish to suffer pain and be subjected to force.” (p. 86. Krafft-Ebing)" quote:
ORIGINAL: BecomingV Please post the reference for this conclusion. I think it's incorrect, and advise readers to do their own research when posters make such claims without proof that is nothing more than their own, strongly felt, opinion. quote:
ORIGINAL: orgasmdenial12 Yes, the great majority of submissives are masochists - that is, they enjoy pain on some level, such as spanking, nipple clamps, etc. It's very rare to find a submissive who gets no pleasure at all from taking pain.
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