Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis

by Diana E.H. Russell

A 1982 radical feminist anthology edited by Robin Ruth Linden, Darlene R. Pagano, Diana E. H. Russell, and Susan Leigh Star. The essays in the book critique sadomasochism and BDSM from a feminist... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0960362835
• ISBN13: 9780960362837
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Frog in the Well
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A deep understanding

Most people are a little shocked by Sadomasochism. It's hard to understand why anyone would take pleasure in pain or humiliation. Despite that fact, there are a great number of people who think that there is nothing wrong with it. My vocation as a Thealogian, and chief administrator of the Temple of Lylyth, has lead me to question the deeper spiritual, psychological, and political ramifications of Sadomasochism. This text has proved itself invaluable to me, time and time again. The essays are all very easily readable, and are a mixture of humor, political analysis, and deeply insightful psychology. The cap stone of this is the last essay, "Sadomasochism and the Erosion of Self: A Critical Reading of 'Story of O'." After reading this text, it is impossible to look at sadomasochism as just harmless fun.