Sado and Masochism
Sado and Masochism (sadomasochism) is commonly referred as S & M or sadomso. It involves sexual games or domination/submission. Sadism is the sexual pleasure or gratification in the infliction of pain and suffering upon another person. The word is derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, a prolific French philosopher-writer of sadistic novels. Sadism and masochism, often interrelated (one person obtaining sadistic pleasure by inflicting pain or suffering on another person who thereby obtains masochistic pleasure), are collectively known as S&M or sadomasochism.
Those swingers who practice such sexual act find that the giving (sado) and receiving (masach), the expressed desire for inflicted pain, and the feeling of wanting subservience and/ or denigration a sexual turn-on.
The distinction between S&M, BDSM and D/S
Sadists enjoy inflicting sexual pain. Masochists enjoy receiving sexual pain. D/S is Domination and submission. Not all masochists are submissive, and not all submissives enjoy pain. Not all sexual sadists are dominant, and not all who enjoy domination are sexual sadists. BDSM is a term which describes many activities: bondage, discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism.
