The Psychodynamics of Consensual Sadomasochistic and Dominant-Submissive Sexual Games

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4577341
AutoresKatharine-Lee H Weille (The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, autor correspondente)
Ano2002
Volume3
Fascículo2
Páginas131-160
Data de publicação2002-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Gender and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1524-0657 • E-ISSN: 1940-9206
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15240650309349194
OpenAlexW2472447947
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas7

The author examines a case from a qualitative research study exploring repetition-compulsion and repair in consensual sadomasochistic/dominant-submissive (SMDS) sexual play. The study attempts to bridge the epistemological divide between clinically derived psychoanalytic theories about perversion and nonclinical research on consensual SMDS subcultures. The case addresses research questions about the presence of, and possibilities for, working through childhood developmental conflicts in consensual SMDS (as theoretically differentiated from its nonconsensual counterparts). This study, along with those theories that uproot classical notions of sexuality and the “oedipal divide,” lends support for the view that the diversity of lived and practiced sexualities defies facile categorization and that, if categorization is to be attempted, it must take into account individual meanings and relational/larger social contexts

Human sexuality · Psychoanalysis · Psychodynamics · Sadomasochism · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · Gender Studies · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology