The Agony and the Ecstasy; A Review of Sexual Masochism
The Agony and the Ecstasy
A Review of Sexual Masochism
Masochism, a sexual disorder in which sexual arousal is derived from subjection to physical and emotional degradation. A type of paraphilia ,masochism is explained in psychoanalysis as a destructive attitude in which the individual turns inward upon himself instead of outward upon others. The Masochist exists to test his/her limits, to see how much pain (s) he can tolerate before (s)he collapses. She/…
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