Anatomy of Masochism
Are dominance and submission inevitable in human relationships? Believing that sadomasochism is becoming an ever more obtrusive phenomenon in developed countries, the author surveyed 48 self-declared sadomasochists (43 male, 5 female) and 35 controls (26
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ANATOMYOF MASOCHISM JUNE RATHBONE University College London London, England
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Rathbone, June Anatomy of masochism/June Rathbone. p. cm - (The Pienum series in sociali clinicai psychoIogy) Includes bibliographicai references and index. ISBN 978-1-4613-5509-0 ISBN 978-1-4615-1347-6 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-1347-6
1. Sadomasochism. 2. Interpersonal relations. 3. Masochism. I. Title II. Series. HQ79.R282001 306.77'5--dc21
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PREFACE
When a 'love' -relationship is not loving, it is usually sadomasochistic. This has been my experience. In the third edition of Sexual Deviation (1996, edited by Ismond Rosen) Mervin Glasser reiterated: " ... it can be seen that there is always an element of deception in masochism, always an arrogant contempt and assertion of control hidden behind the humiliation and submission ... one is led to recognize that there is always an element of deception in any perversion since ... sado-masochism is so ubiquitous a feature in the perversions" (ch.12, p. 292). Is dominance/submission inevitable? Personally, I am not prepared to accept that there is no al
