ext_255706 ([identity profile] felis-ultharus.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] felis_ultharus 2005-11-29 12:29 pm (UTC)

Re: On the attraction of BDSM

I wasn't judging it in any way. I was using "hurt" to mean "pain" -- those two things are interchangeable in my vocabulary. I certainly don't "assign an inherent evil" to it. I thought that was pretty clear from my post, but maybe I was wrong.

I don't like pain. I don't like inflicting pain. Whatever the motivation. Both make me unhappy. I have no doubt it can be a spiritual experience for others, but not for myself. Whenever it's been tried on me, demanded of me, it's turned a pleasant experience unpleasant.

Whatever it is that creates the catharsis in that situation doesn't exist for me. Whatever. To each their own. I was saying I didn't understand or enjoy it, not that it was wrong in any way.

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