Sadomasochism, deriving pleasure, often of a sexual nature, from the infliction of physical or psychological pain on another person or on oneself or both Interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain. The term is a portmanteau of sadism—deriving pleasure from inflicting pain—and masochism—deriving pleasure in receiving pain.
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Sadomasochism, often abbreviated as s&m, is a subset of bdsm (bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism) that involves deriving sexual pleasure from giving or receiving pain or humiliation.
Men and women are acting out fantasies of sexual domination and submission
With their own partners or specially hired ones, they're turning to rituals of sadomasochism Sexual practice in which one partner adopts a sadistic role and the other a masochistic one abbreviation
