Is BDSM Healthy or a Deviant Fetish?

A popular assumption about people who engage in BDSM is that there must be some kind of psychological pathology underlying their kink. So, is BDSM healthy?
A popular assumption about people who engage in BDSM is that there must be some kind of psychological pathology underlying their kink. So, is BDSM healthy?
There are many articles relating to the pornography epidemic but there are few studies about those assertions and even fewer about pornography and BDSM.
I read Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts because we sometimes have individuals referred to us who have intrusive sexual thoughts.
Earlier this year, Dr. Justin Lehmiller published his book Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life. Dr. Lehmiller is a researcher and writer about human sexuality. I became familiar with his work from his blog, Sex and Psychology and use his textbook […]
Sex addiction now seems to be tossed around rather lightly. Behaviors, such as BDSM fetishes are often labeled incorrectly.