PSYCHOSEXUAL » Masochism

Suicide Casanova

Albert — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:50:07 +0000

Suicide Casanova

From the author of New York cult-classic The Fuck-Up, Suicide Cassanova is a psycho-sexual thriller, a bold literary provocation that follows the path of sex-offender Leslie Cauldwell as he wrestles with his own culpability in the death of his wife. Seeking both redemption and release from Sky Pacifica, a porn [...]

Masochism: The Art of Power

Albert — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:52:45 +0000

Masochism: The Art of Power

How does the male masochist provide a metaphor for modern and postmodern power? Through a study of the representations of masochism in literature, psychopathology, philosophy, and cultural theory, Mansfield challenges our fundamental assumptions about masculine power in the postmodern era, arguing that masculine power has become masochistic. In the later twentieth [...]

Of love and lust : on the psychoanalysis of romantic and sexual emotions

Albert — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:45:47 +0000

Of love and lust : on the psychoanalysis of romantic and sexual emotions

FROM THE WORKS OF THEODOR REIK Of Love and Lust On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions by THEODOR REIK THE NOONDAY PRESS A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York Contents Publishers Preface ix Authors Note Theme and Variations xi [...]

The Brain In the Bottle: Say Hello to Annie for Me (Psycho-Sexual Thrillers)

Albert — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:48:23 +0000

The Brain In the Bottle: Say Hello to Annie for Me (Psycho-Sexual Thrillers)

It was two days later when Golem opened the door to his room and saw a hundred candles burning brightly; the light in the bathroom was on … the door was unlocked, but in his state of mind [...]

Sixteen Stages of Psychosexual Development

Albert — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:46:23 +0000

Sixteen Stages of Psychosexual Development

Humorous expose of and by artist, profusely illustrated and wordy.

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Crossing the Line ~ Psychosexual Disorders

This text is designed for mental and behavioral health and criminal justice professionals desiring an overview of the various Psychosexual Disorders as detailed in the DSM-IV, from Erectile Disorder to Pedophilia, Masochism, Transvestic Fetishism, Sexual Pain [...]

Sadism as a psychosexual disorder

Albert — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:29:26 +0000

“The perfect counterpart to masochism is sadism,” wrote Austro-German sexologist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing in his 1886 text Psychopathia Sexualis. “While in the former there is a desire to suffer and be subjected to violence, in the latter the wish is to inflict pain and use of violence.” When Krafft-Ebing wrote of sexual perversions in [...]

Psychosexual disorders among Sex offenders

Albert — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:27:55 +0000

The offenses of sex offenders are represented by a heterogeneous population. Serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmers represent an extreme form of sex offenders by committing acts of necrophilia, cannibalism, torture, and murder for the purpose of sexual gratification. Other forms of illegal offenses and sex crime in sex offenders can include sexual abuse, downloading [...]

Psychosexual dysfunctions in France

Albert — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:03:41 +0000

“Sex is as important as eating or drinking,” wrote French novelist Marquis de Sade, “and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.” In comparing American women to French, Thomas Jefferson observed that while Americans had “the good sense to value domestic happiness [...]

Pain and Pleasure: Masochism as a psychosexual disorder

Albert — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:29:29 +0000

Anytime one thinks they can apply a universal truth to humanity, it is bound to be contradicted. For example, pain and suffering is believed to be negative because they are not pleasurable. Enter the psychosexual disorder known as masochism. Sexual masochism has long captured the imaginations of psychologists and the curious. Sexual masochism is the [...]