FOX NEWS: Please, Ma’am, May I Have Another?
“Oh, the joys of spanking.
It may have been a dreaded punishment as a kid.
But as part of consensual adult play, it can be delicious fun ...
people enjoy spanking because,
in a safe environment,
it can be exhilarating to command and relinquish all power.”
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: An Inside Look at S&M
"It's the ultimate break from the thoroughly modern stresses on the self. You've got a respectably high-powered job. Maybe it's even visible one. You are regularly making difficult decisions that affect the lives of others, perhaps many others. You need to maintain a highly polished self-image. You like to feel in personal control. You're constantly advancing your independence, your responsibility, your success.So how do you take a break? If you're like an unknown number of others, perhaps you've already signed up for a spanking.
Some write longingly of receiving "an old-fashioned, bare-bottom, over-the-knee spanking."
SEXUAL HEALTH EXAMINER: Spank me if you love me
“...taking on a role of obedience or helplessness offers a kind of therapeutic escape; from the pressures of life, from responsibility, or from guilt. For others, submitting to the power of a dominant, controlling presence may bring about the feelings of security and protection linked with childhood.”
REUTERS: Hands On Sex Academy in Berlin
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DAILY TELEGRAPH: Spanking makes men happy
“There will definitely be more men and women who have sexual tastes in this direction but won't call it this,” said Dr Juliet Richters, of the University of New South Wales.
“They might not like sex magazines but they just happen to like being spanked as part of foreplay. We really found that (it) is simply a sexual interest or subculture attractive to a minority, not a pathological symptom of past abuse or difficulty with 'normal' sex,” Dr Richters said. “They've just got a broader sexual repertoire than most.”
“They might not like sex magazines but they just happen to like being spanked as part of foreplay. We really found that (it) is simply a sexual interest or subculture attractive to a minority, not a pathological symptom of past abuse or difficulty with 'normal' sex,” Dr Richters said. “They've just got a broader sexual repertoire than most.”
TIME/CNN: Behavior - Bondage Unbound
“ ... there is no study that says that
BDSM causes distress or dysfunction ....
BDSM causes distress or dysfunction ....
the people we have looked at tend to look very much
like regular people from all walks of life.”
like regular people from all walks of life.”
TIME: Just a Little Harmless English S&M
“I think it is a perfectly harmless activity provided it is between consenting adults who want to do it, are of sound mind, and it is in private.” says British millionaire, Max Mosley.
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