Sexual behavior has been pathologized throughout history beginning in 1850 with early psychiatry. The history of pathologizing sexual behavior was explored making a distinction between alternative sexual behaviors and paraphilic disorders as defined by the DSM-5. The purpose of …
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Despite the direct connection between anal sex and pleasure (Hite, 1981; Morin, 2010), the majority of academic literature on anal sex frames the topic in terms of homophobia (when referring to male-bodied people) and/or disease (Aguilar, 2017; Brody & Weiss, 2011; McBride &…
Mainstream society’s characterization of activities and subgroups as abnormal can result in a long history of being shamed and pathologized, leading to discrimination and stigmatization. BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism) is an alternative…