Masochism
Masochism is the practice of seeking humiliation because it is pleasurable, named for Leopold von Sacher-Masoch from Lviv. It may also refer to:Psychology
- Sadomasochism, giving or receiving pleasure from the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation
- * BDSM, consensual adult sadomasochistic activity
- * Sexual masochism disorder, a medical condition in which experiencing pain or humiliation is required for sexual arousal
- * Masochistic personality disorder, another name for self-defeating personality disorder, proposed in 1987 but never accepted into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- * Sadistic personality disorder
Books
- Masochism and the Self, a 1989 book by Roy Baumeister
- , a 1967 book by Gilles Deleuze
- Masochism in Modern Man, a 1941 book by Theodor Reik
- The Mastery of Submission. Inventions of Masochism, a 1997 book by John K. Noyes
- A Defence of Masochism, a 1998 book by Anita Phillips
