by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes | Feb 18, 2020
Introduction: Recent studies have suggested that, in contrast to traditional psychopathologic explanations, bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism (BDSM) could be understood as recreational leisure. However, the theoretical framing of BDSM...
by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes | Feb 18, 2020
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by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes | Feb 18, 2020
Unconventional sensual, erotic, and sexual behaviors (herein referred to as kink behaviors) investigated by academia are based largely on clinical and criminal cases, and most published, peer-reviewed, quantitative research on these behaviors is based almost...
by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes | Feb 18, 2020
BONDAGE AND DISCIPLINE, DOMINATION AND SUBMISSION, SADO-‐MASOCHISM (BDSM): PARTNERSHIPS, COUPLES, AND HEALTH OUTCOMES by Rodney Dean Powell A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial...
by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes | Feb 18, 2020
BDSM (bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, and sadomasochism) encompasses a diverse set of sexual interests. Research interests in BDSM have been historically underpinned by examining potential mental health issues, unhealthy fixations on specific sexual...
by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes | Feb 18, 2020
Based on a five-year qualitative ethnographic study of Bondage and Discipline/Dominance and Submission/Sadism and Masochism (BDSM) in Sweden, this paper examines the process of becoming among BDSM practitioners. In-depth interviews were completed with 29 self-defined...
