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Pain And Passion

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I was hoping this book would be a little more about the Psychoanalytical theories involved in BDSM but instead this book is simple a series of interviews. Some of the interviews are interesting tibbits into small section of the BDSM world, mainly the working aspect of BDSM. I am not impressed by the selection of people who he choose to interview, and frankly don't think it reflects the life style. It does provide some insight into the life Domme who does it as a job, which manages to redeem it into having some value. Unless you are researching BDSM you really don't have a need to buy this book.

Robert J. Stoller
Pain and Passion:
A Psychoanalyst Explores the World of S & M

(New York: Plenum, 1991) 306 pages

An account of the life and work of
"bondage and discipline" clubs in California,
based on interviews with owners and workers.
Interesting raw data for further thinking and research
into sadomasochistic sex-scripts.
Why do some people derive sexual pleasure from pain
(or pretenses of pain) and humiliation?

If you are interested in discovering other unusual sexual fantasies,
search the Internet for the following bibliography:
"SEXOLOGY---SEX-SCRIPTS---BEST BOOKS".

James Leonard Park, author of
Imprinted Sexual Fantasies:
A New Key for Sexology.