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AAkasha -> RE: S&M, an ABC News Original Report... (6/22/2005 10:36:01 AM)
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ORIGINAL: wednesday
There's only one problem with it. I have a friend who is a psych professor, and she showed me right in the diagnostic manual... Sadomasochism is, in fact, still considered a mental disorder.
Looks like one person printed false information a while back and everyone copied it from each other without checking the actual books. I've read probably 15 articles in the last month that said it was removed in the 80s... but it's on the current books.
Of course sadomasochism is still in the DSM-IV as a paraphillia, but it's qualified to state that to meet these requirements it must demonstrate the following features:
* Recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors generally involving 1) nonhuman objects, 2) the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one’s partner, or 3) children or other nonconsenting persons, that occur over a period of at least 6 months.
* The behavior, sexual urges, or fantasies cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
#1 pretty much defines the BDSM kink; #2 is what determines if it's a mental disorder.
If BDSM is screwing up your life, your sex life, your job, or your ability to function happily, then perhaps it needs to be examined.
Akasha
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