pjeby comments on Is masochism necessary?

pjeby 11 Apr 2009 2:16 UTC
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But there are ordinary, acceptable behaviors

So, sexual perversion isn’t ordinary or acceptable?

Pain triggers endorphins in order to help us fight or flee, and it feels good.

This is certainly an explanation consistent with BDSM usage of pain, and can be entirely independent of any sexual component.
- PhilGoetz 11 Apr 2009 2:45 UTC
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  So, sexual perversion isn’t ordinary or acceptable?
  
  No, by definition. I’m speaking descriptively, not normatively.
  - Nick_Tarleton 11 Apr 2009 2:47 UTC
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    “Acceptable” has strong normative connotations; “accepted” is unambiguously descriptive.
    - PhilGoetz 11 Apr 2009 3:01 UTC
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      Good point.