BDSM

Ivis Pereira ENC1102 Professor Ivan Ruiz July 7, 2015 The practice of BDSM is not a pathology, it is a pathway to pleasure. The practice of bondage-discipline, dominance-submission, sadism-masochism (BDSM) is heavily associated with psychopathology. However, BDSM may be thought of as a recreational leisure, rather than the expression of psychopathological processes. The essential structures of the BDSM experience are discussed in terms of authentic concept, association with psychopathology, and

misconceptions about BDSM practitioners is that these individuals are psychologically disturbed. Through symbolic interaction it can be understood that the general public perceives BDSM practitioners as deviant and mentally ill. BDSM practitioners are portrayed to have a lot of emotional baggage; therefore, to non practicing individuals, people who practice BDSM have major psychological issues. Due to this misinformation, the general public has created a negative image of the BDSM practitioners, and

Unnecessary Stigma: BDSM Relationships With the rise of books like Fifty Shades of Grey, there are many questions being asked about what the real effects of BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism (sadomasochism)) relationships are on participants (Turley et al 123, McDonald). There’s the question of where the boundary between abuse and recreational play is drawn, where the psychological implications of the relationship becomes too much for the individual, but

BDSM That You Won't Learn In "Fifty Shades Of Grey" M - Learn some BDSM facts that you will not learn in the movie Fifty Shades of Grey. BDSM Does Not Always Involve Sex - BDSM does not always involve sex because it is mostly a mental stimulation carried out with physical actions that produces pleasure-pain. The skin organ has arousal receptors sensitive to the touch delivering a full-body intense experience with spanking, massaging, and skin-tight clothes. The mental stimulation is what produces

journey? There truly is not a "right" way to begin a journey into BDSM. It is a path that begins as you desire for it to begin and it grows based upon your curiosity and perserverance. A great way to approach the topic, is to take what you like and leave the rest as your begin your research. For example, don't let a structured source online ruin your concept of what this lifestyle or playtime means. What is the right way to practice BDSM? When I first started exploring, I spent quite some time researching

BDSM gatherings serve to connect like-minded individuals for play parties, or more casual meet-ups, referred to as munches. There is a vast difference between the two, and expectations and standards for behavior vary for play parties much more than at munches. Those wondering where to find BDSM events often find information specific to their area by doing an online search for local BDSM parties or consulting FetLife online to browse calendars. FetLife is also a great connection for BDSM singles ads

behavior of others for centuries” (“Dr. Sex discusses societal conventions, BDSM”). For decades practitioners of BDSM have been judged because of the way they choose to live their lives. When one hears or thinks of the acronym BDSM, there are stigmas that they think of as well. “By stigma, we mean that a person is recognized or labeled as having ‘undesired differentness from what we had anticipated’” (Hoff). Practitioners of BDSM have always faced these stigmas, and because of this fact, practitioners

BDSM is a taboo topic for most and often times the people who practice it are persecuted. When most people think of submissives or dominants within BDSM, they believe that the practitioners are in some way mentally disturbed. However, there is research that has found evidence which contradicts this thought. One study used scientific scales to measure how much of a specific set of traits each role appeared to contain and whether this was abnormal in comparison to normative data. The other study interviewed

this class’s guest speakers illuminated me to the depth of the BDSM community that I had previously been blind to. While I had known some about BDSM from simply a fetish/paraphilia/technical standpoint, I wasn’t aware that it also denoted such a rich community. I suppose that I could have expected that BDSM would have it’s own community, but, since it is outside of my realm of sexuality, I was simplistic in the way that I understood BDSM as only a fetish. My simplistic thinking is made worse when I

negative portrayals and stigmas attached to BDSM has made it difficult for the community to be understood by society. This is especially the case with the justice system. There has been an association created between domestic violence, rape, and assault with BDSM acts. There is no denying that domestic violence, rape, and assault occur in BDSM, but one should not generalize an entire community based on the acts of a few individuals. This stigma attached to BDSM does create issues for the community; especially