taking pleasure from the giving and receiving of pain; the SM in BDSM
Sexual practices where an individual derives pleasure from inflicting pain or humiliation onto others or oneself.
Term coined by Sigmund Freud. In dealing with BDSM, this term is applied to individuals who derive pleasure from the pain and humiliation inflicted on others, or on themselves.
Both sadism and masochism existing in the same person
Sadism and masochism taken together.
A broad term applied to a number of activities typically involving exchange of power or pain between consenting partners, often during role playing, and often including toys, tools, and methods for restraining and exerting physical tension and/or erotic pain.
The consensual use of domination or pain for sexual arousal and stimulation; fantasizing or playing out dominant and submissive roles. The "sadist" is the partner who dominates or inflicts pain, and the "masochist" is the partner who is dominated or receives pain. A nonsadistic person may play the sadistic role to please a masochistic partner or to gain financial profit.
The combination of inflicting and receiving pain as a means to sexual arousal.
inflicting and receiving pain, often to produce sexual excitement. See also: domination. Masochism, SM, S&M, S/M.