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The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual
gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others.Derivation of the term
The term sadism is derived specifically from Sade, Marquis de (Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois) (1740-1814), a French soldier and writer. From the time that he was a young nobleman Sade consorted with prostitutes and developed a taste for sexual perversions.
He was imprisoned on several occasions for his harsh abuse of prostitutes and gross http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=licenti... licentiousness. After arriving at the Bastille in 1784 he began writing erotic novels in which he gave full expression to his sexual fantasies. His most famous novel was The Adversities of Virtue (1787). His works are known for their graphic descriptions of sexual perversions.
His last years were spent in an insane asylum at Charenton, where he
wrote plays for his fellow inmates to perform. His compulsion for
physically and sexually abusing others gave rise to the concept of sadism.In relation to BDSM
Within the BDSM community, the
Dominant is most often the
sadist, and the
submissive is generally the
masochist (who derives pleasure from receiving
pain). Also in the BDSM community, unlike most societal descriptions in
the medical and psychological community, sadism is widely accepted as a
healthy expression of inflicting pain in a safe, sane, and consensual manner to a masochist who
seeks such activities as a form of emotional release or sexual pleasure. See Also
(This entry in the BDSM Dictionary incorporates text from the Sadism article in Wipipedia.)
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