Physical Pain as Pleasure: A Theoretical Perspective.
Journal of sex research May 1, 2020 Cara R Dunkley, Craig D Henshaw, Saira K Henshaw et al.
Physical pain represents a common feature of Bondage and Discipline/Dominance and Submission/Sadism and Machochism (BDSM) activity. This article explores the literature accounting for how painful stimuli may be experienced as pleasurable among practitioners of BDSM, and contrasting this with how it is experienced as painful among non-BDSM individuals. We reviewed the available literature on...