Citation

Jozifkova E. Curr. Psychiatry Rep. 2013; 15(9): 392.

Affiliation

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, J.E. Purkynje University in Usti nad Labem, Za valcovnou 1000/8, Usti nad Labem, 400 96, Czech Republic, evasmid@centrum.cz.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11920-013-0392-1

PMID

23933978

Abstract

When practiced consensually, sadomasochistic sex is being increasingly accepted as an alternative sexuality. Here I suggest the possible evolutionary roots of the preferences, draw distinctions between violent, abusive and "healthy" practitioners' partnership, provide clear behavioural markers of the respective situations, and underline some specific problems connected to this sexual preference. Some of the problems are well-known in the community of its practitioners, although they have not yet been described in medical nor scientific sources.

Language: en