sadomasochistic
Adjective
Meaning
of or relating to sadomasochism
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The literary James Bond is a creation of prewar London club-land: upper-crust, snobbish, manipulative and cruel in his relationships with women, with a thinly veiled sadomasochistic streak and a coldly ruthless attitude to his opponents that verges on the psychopathic.
One man's piss-soaked sadomasochistic orgy is another man's poetic ecstasy.
sadomasochistic sexual practices
A 1985 study found 52 out of 182 female respondents (28%) were involved in sadomasochistic activities.
Alfred Kinsey stated in his 1953 nonfiction book Sexual Behavior in the Human Female that 12% of females and 22% of males reported having an erotic response to a sadomasochistic story.
From this perspective the Kama Sutra can be considered as one of the first written resources dealing with sadomasochistic activities and safety rules.