THE ENIGMATIC APPEAL OF SEXUAL MASOCHISM - WHY PEOPLE DESIRE PAIN, BONDAGE, AND HUMILIATION IN SEX

Authors
BAUMEISTER RF
Citation
Rf. Baumeister, THE ENIGMATIC APPEAL OF SEXUAL MASOCHISM - WHY PEOPLE DESIRE PAIN, BONDAGE, AND HUMILIATION IN SEX, Journal of social and clinical psychology, 16(2), 1997, pp. 133-150
Citations number
57
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical","Psychology, Social
Journal title
Journal of social and clinical psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07367236
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
133 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0736-7236(1997)16:2<133:TEAOSM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Masochism involves the desire for and enjoyment of sexual experiences involving pain, loss of control, and humiliation. Empirical findings a bout masochism are reviewed, and an integrative theory is proposed bas ed on the notion that masochism rosters an escape from the stressful a wareness of one's ordinary identity.