Exploring a contested concept and its multiple definitions
It doesn't help that De Sade described *fantasies* of non-consensual torture!
I prefer to use Sadism to describe the basic human urge. It can be expressed benignly as we do in BDSM, and less so... as in all the horrible stuff in the world.
It doesn't help that De Sade described *fantasies* of non-consensual torture!
I prefer to use Sadism to describe the basic human urge. It can be expressed benignly as we do in BDSM, and less so... as in all the horrible stuff in the world.