Sadism: Sex, Love And Pain – A Strange Urge

SADISM Sex, Love and Pain - A Strange Urge by Edward Podolsky, M.D. Carlson Wade TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter INTRODUCTION Maeae Sst Craany Cee RSet urea Seer eR Cee Nee NeeSee RCo eS od Yofe MST ol Macolifocd CASE HISTORIES: ee eonaeen reli “The Case of a Female Sadist” =— =—_—_ > PIC SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SERIES SADISM SADISM by Edward Podolsky, M.D. and Carlson Wade First Edition New York Epic Publishing Co., Inc. 1963 Copyright ©, 1963 by Epic Publishing Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review for inclusion in a magazine. Printed in the U.S.A. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Page Chapter INTRODUCTION ol The Sexual Nature of Sadism . 11 Sadism and Sexual Emotion . 17 a The Marquis de Sade 22 ee By Edward Podolsky, M.D.. Normal vs. Abnormal . 28 Sadism in Ancient Rome . 30 Sadism in Sexual Practice 36 CASE HISTORIES: “The Pleasures of Beating a Female”. 8. “The Case of a Female Sadist” . (Fourteen pages of photographs follow Pg. 44) 39 42 Introduction By EDWARD PODOLSKY,M.D. Sadism is a sexual emotion in which the individual be- comes aroused by whipping a memberof the other sex. Other forms of sexual sadism include spanking, corporal punishment, flogging, paddling, as well as humiliation inflicted upon another person. The sadist is the individual who becomes erotically stimulated by punishing the other person. Sadism becomes a meansof releasing inhibitions and stimulating the libido. Most sadists find that without the use of this form of punishmentorinfliction of pain, they find themselves impotent orfrigid. The sexual powerof sadism is often overwhelming. Some sadists are so obsessed with the idea of pain that they cannot find interest in sex unless it includes punishment. In this book, we discuss the sexual nature of sadism, its many faces, nor- malvs. abnormal. Case histories are presented—revealing the sexual nature of the male sadist and the female sadist. CHAPTER 1 The Sexual Nature of Sadism Sadism is a sexual aberration in which pleasure and sexual gratification is obtained by either spanking, whipping, tor- turing, paddling or otherwise inflicting painful cruelties upon the sexual partner. The word sadism is taken from the name of Marquis deSade, a French writer who wrote lavish accounts about the delights of inflicting cruelties upon his sexual partners. Frequently, sadism is used in connection with masochism. The term sado-masochism is frequently heard. Masochism is a sexual passion in which the person feels great pleasure in receiving the pain—whenthe individualis flogged, whipped, spanked or humiliated, he feels a sexual passion that is often of such magnitude that it may culminate in a climax. In discussing sado-masochism, the Encyclopedia of Aberrations states, “That there is a very definite relationship between cruelty and sexual emotion has been a well-knownfact for quite some time. The term sadism is used to describe the association of active cruelty and violence with sexualfeelings.” It was Sigmund Freud whofirst advanced the understand- ing that the seeds of both sadism and masochism lie dormant within each person; in some individuals, the sadistic sexual impulse rises to the surface and overpowers masochism; but, there are many