Ernstzunehmende Literatur zum Thema – Übersicht

Von Cora C. Steinbach (MeFaustOFelin – Mod)

Hrsg. von Ada Borkenhagen, Elmar Brähler (MeFaustOFelin – Mod)

Von Jennifer-Victoria Müller (MeFaustOFelin – Mod)

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Hörigkeit - Die Sehnsucht nach Unterwerfung von Karin Dietl-Wichmann

Warum begehen manche Menschen grausame Verbrechen? Warum ermorden sie unschuldige Kinder, vergewaltigen Frauen, prügeln Zufallsopfer zu Tode? Werden sie "böse" geboren, haben schlicht kein Gewissen, oder entscheiden sie sich, "böse" zu sein, und bleiben es dann ein Leben lang? Die Psychologin, Therapeutin, Referentin und Kolumnistin Lydia Benecke verbindet aktuelle Ergebnisse der psychologischen Forschung mit spannend rekonstruierten Kriminalfällen. Anhand ihrer Arbeit zeigt sie, dass uns alle mitunter nur eine hauchdünne Schicht von brutalen Verbrechern trennt. Sie fragt nach den tiefer liegenden Motiven von Kindermördern, Vergewaltigern, eiskalten Psychopathen und wirft einen erhellenden Blick in die tiefsten Abgründe des Menschlichen.

"Sadisten: Tödliche Liebe" ist eine Mischung aus populärwissenschaftlicher Betrachtung und tiefgründigem Sachbuch zum Thema Sadismus. Die Psychologin Lydia Benecke geht darin intensiv auf die Freude am Schmerz ein – als sexuelle Spielart, als Antrieb zum Mord und als psychisches Grundprogramm eines Menschen. Sie analysiert die Geschichten von Frauen, die Männern mit sadistischen Neigungen als Opfer oder auch als Komplizinnen anheimfielen und zeigt auf, warum persönlichkeitsgestörte Menschen einander oft intuitiv als Partner wählen. Auch widmet sich Benecke dem Sadismus weit über die Grenzen der BDSM-Szene hinaus und betrachtet auch kriminelle Taten mit einem sadistisch-sexuellen Hintergrund.

Lydia Benecke analysiert und erklärt ihren Büchern abnormes menschliches Verhalten und führt ihre Leser in die faszinierende Welt der Kriminalpsychologie. In ihrem Alltag als Gefängnistherapeutin beschäftigt sie sich mit der Gedankenwelt von Schwerverbrechern, den Abgründen des Geistes und der dunklen Seite der menschlichen Natur. Mit ihrer Arbeit hilft sie auch der Polizei bei der Aufklärung grausamer Taten und kümmert sich um Opfer und Angehörige.

Erschienen in: Journal of Sexual Medicine 5(7), July 2008, S. 1660–1668 – MeFaustOFelin, Mods

Results.  In total, 1.8% of sexually active people (2.2% of men, 1.3% of women) said they had been involved in BDSM in the previous year. This was more common among gay/lesbian and bisexual people. People who had engaged in BDSM were more likely to have experienced oral sex and/or anal sex, to have had more than one partner in the past year, to have had sex with someone other than their regular partner, and to have: taken part in phone sex, visited an Internet sex site, viewed an X-rated (pornographic) film or video, used a sex toy, had group sex, or taken part in manual stimulation of the anus, fisting or rimming. However, they were no more likely to have been coerced into sexual activity, and were not significantly more likely to be unhappy or anxious—indeed, men who had engaged in BDSM scored significantly lower on a scale of psychological distress than other men. Engagement in BDSM was not significantly related to any sexual difficulties.

Conclusion.  Our findings support the idea that BDSM is simply a sexual interest or subculture attractive to a minority, and for most participants not a pathological symptom of past abuse or difficulty with “normal” sex.

Representations of consensual sadomasochism range from the dark, seedy undergrounds of crime thrillers to the fetishized pornographic images of sitcoms and erotica. In this pathbreaking book, ethnographer Staci Newmahr delves into the social space of a public, pansexual SM community to understand sadomasochism from the inside out. Based on four years of in-depth and immersive participant observation, she juxtaposes her experiences in the field with the life stories of community members, providing a richly detailed portrait of SM as a social space in which experiences of "violence" intersect with experiences of the erotic. She shows that SM is a recreational and deeply gendered risk-taking endeavor, through which participants negotiate boundaries between chaos and order. Playing on the Edge challenges our assumptions about sadomasochism, sexuality, eroticism, and emotional experience, exploring what we mean by intimacy, and how, exactly, we achieve it.

Sexual Outsiders is designed as a guide for BDSM community members who must wade through the quagmire of unique problems they face: coming out to family, friends and partners; distinguishing abusive relationships from healthy consensual ones; finding and developing community; overcoming shame and denial; exploring whether BDSM sexuality can be a healing tool; gaining access to quality, culturally competent psychotherapy; and finding strategies to develop a healthy sexual self-esteem in the face of current medical and social standards that view them as sick or pathological. The book also serves as an educational primer for those whose partners, friends, and family members are involved in BDSM.[...]

David M. Ortmann, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, sex therapist and author in private practice. [...]
Richard Sprott, Ph.D., is a research psychologist in developmental science and lecturer in the Department of Human Development and Women s Studies at California State University, East Bay. He is the executive director of CARAS, the Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities, a community-academic partnership to enhance and encourage scientific investigation and scholarly analysis of under-studied sexualities, like BDSM and polyamory."

For millennia, seekers have used physical and emotional extremes to achieve transcendence and exaltation. Today, many BDSM and leather practitioners are discovering the potential of these practices to reach personal, interpersonal, and spiritual goals.
With trademark frankness and humor, these popular BDSM/sexuality authors document their journey into the realm of transcendent kink and radical ecstasy. Here, they share techniques that partners BDSM with tantric sex practices to create a state of transcendence during sexual practice.