BDSM Lexicon · Roles

Masochism

Masochism is the experience of pleasure, excitement, or emotional fulfillment through receiving pain, humiliation, submission, or control. Within BDSM, it refers to the experience of the sub who does not perceive stimuli such as hitting, scratching, pinching, or humiliation as punishment or harm, but as a source of intensity, surrender, or connection.

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Related terms

• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
• Maso
• Dominant
• Masochist
• Sub

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