Sadism is the sexual pleasure or gratification in the infliction of pain and suffering upon another person. The word is derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, a prolific French philosopher-writer of sadistic novels.
The counterpart of sadism is masochism, the sexual pleasure or gratification of having pain or suffering inflicted upon the self, often consisting of sexual fantasies or urges for being beaten, humiliated, bound, tortured, or otherwise made to suffer, either as an enhancement to or a substitute for sexual pleasure. The name is derived from the name of the 19th century author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, known for his novel Venus in Furs that dealt with highly masochistic themes.
Sadism and masochism, often going together (one person obtaining sadistic pleasure by inflicting pain or suffering on another person who thereby obtains masochistic pleasure), are collectively known as S&M or sadomasochism.
The words are now commonly used to describe personality traits in an emotional, rather than sexual sense. Although it is quite different from the original meaning, this usage is not entirely inaccurate. There is quite frequently a strong emotional aspect to the sexual desires, taking the form of a need for domination or submission?the desire to control another, or to be controlled, as opposed to a simple desire for pain (which is technically known as algolagnia).
It is often agreed that this desire for dominance or submission is in fact the driving force behind sadomasochism, with the giving and receiving of pain acting only as an active stimulation to reinforce those feelings. This view is supported by the nature of sadomasochistic behavior. A masochist does not in general take pleasure in any arbitrary form of pain, only in pain received under the pretext of enforcing authority, and typically only that of a sexual nature. Likewise, a sadist usually only takes pleasure in pain that is inflicted for reasons of punishment and control, and most often for the indirect pleasure of the masochist. Many sadomasochistic activities involve only mild pain or discomfort. Often they are focused primarily on roleplay.
Well, I had a very interesting conversation with little leo last night.
We fought for a bit and I said I wasn't sure if I wanted to see him anymore given his lack of reliability, etc. I said I wanted to get to know him and I am being denied that
I was talking to my best friend who is married to a Leo. She commented that he gets really bad frequent migraines, tension headaches, etc. I also know that little Leo has been hospitalized with migraines and gets frequent tension headaches.
First of all good evening to all my fellow leo's how have ya'll been.Okay getting to the point now.I have been browsing certain message boards on dxpnet such a the scorpio,virgo,and aquarius boards just to name a few.But what im noticing is certain member
I know I may not visit the leo board as much as others do but I AM TIRED OF READING POST about how people don't like leo's and our arrogance and us being self centered.At the end of the day who gives a fuck so what.I know alot of people who love me for wh
which one is the strongest? Everybody keeps saying how leos have such big egos and how they are full of themselves....but maybe scorps should take the prize for that...?!!!! eventually i think the scorp ego bends the leo ego..maybe because scorps are