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The Science of SM: Part Deux

Brad J. Sagarin, Sarah A. Hanson, James K. Ambler, Tracy Tittelbach , Michael Wagner, Ellen M. Lee, Kathryn R. Klement , & Evelyn M. Comber Northern Illinois University. The Science of SM: Part Deux. Christian Grey. Pilot Virtuoso pianist Fluent in French Self-made billionaire

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The Science of SM: Part Deux

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  1. Brad J. Sagarin, Sarah A. Hanson, James K. Ambler, Tracy Tittelbach, Michael Wagner, Ellen M. Lee, Kathryn R. Klement, & Evelyn M. Comber Northern Illinois University The Science of SM: Part Deux

  2. Christian Grey • Pilot • Virtuoso pianist • Fluent in French • Self-made billionaire • “Beyond handsome” • Prehensile penis

  3. SM Fantasies and Behaviors

  4. SM Attitudes MEN WOMEN R2 = 0.185 R2 = 0.115

  5. SM Attitudes MEN WOMEN R2 = 0.185 R2 = 0.115

  6. SM Attitudes MEN WOMEN R2 = 0.185 R2 = 0.115

  7. SM Attitudes MEN WOMEN R2 = 0.185 R2 = 0.115

  8. A priorihypothesistesting

  9. Groundedtheory

  10. Staci Newmahr (2011). Playing on the Edge: Sadomasochism, Risk and Intimacy Methodology

  11. Staci Newmahr (2011). Playing on the Edge: Sadomasochism, Risk and Intimacy Edgework and Gender Intimacy

  12. Danielle Lindemann (2012). Dominatrix: Gender, Eroticism, and Control in the Dungeon Methodology

  13. Danielle Lindemann (2012). Dominatrix: Gender, Eroticism, and Control in the Dungeon Authenticity and Fantasy “HoochieDommes” vs. Indies vs. Lifestylers BDSM as Therapy Gender on the Dungeon Floor

  14. Sarah Hanson’s (2012) From Both Sides of the Whip: Subcultural Boundary Work and Authentic Authenticity Among Switches in the SM Community Parallelism between switches and bisexuals: Breaking Binary Boundaries

  15. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

  16. Fedoroff’s (2008): Sadism, Sadomasochism, Sex, and Violence • “Among male college students, 51% indicated that they would rape a woman if they thought they could get away with it”

  17. Original source:Malamuth, Haber, and Feshbach(1980) • Men read a rape scenario and then indicated whether they were likely to behave as the rapist did if assured that they would not be punished. • Scale: 1 (0%) to 5 (100%)

  18. Probability that you would behave as the rapist did if you knew you would not be punished?

  19. Fedoroff’s (2008): Sadism, Sadomasochism, Sex, and Violence • “Among male college students, 51% indicated that they would rape a woman if they thought they could get away with it”

  20. Fedoroff’s (2008): Sadism, Sadomasochism, Sex, and Violence • “Among male college students, 51% indicated that they would rape a woman if they thought they could get away with it”

  21. Dancer, Kleinplatz, and Moser’s (2006): 24/7 SM Slavery • 146 respondents • 53% female, 47% male • Ages 18-72 • Slavery relationship 3 weeks to 22 years

  22. Maintaining roles “Mundane behaviors such as being able to go out alone, when and what to eat, where to sit, and what to wear … become tinged with SM undertones by virtue of the continuing dynamic among participants.”

  23. Malleable limits • 74% “had engaged in behavior that had seemed inconceivable at the start of the relationship”

  24. Slave autonomy

  25. Relationship satisfaction • 88% satisfied or completely satisfied with the relationship

  26. Dancer, Kleinplatz, and Moser’s (2006): 24/7 SM Slavery “There is no reason to believe that these ‘slaves’ need saving or freeing. There is no indication that they are more likely to be abused than in other relationships. It would appear that some of the shock from disclosing participation in this type of relationship relates to the terms used to describe the relationship, rather than the actual behavior within the relationship.”

  27. Connolly’s (2006): Psychological Functioning of BDSM Practitioners • 132 respondents • 56 women, 73 men, 3 transgendered individuals • Ages 25-74 • Recruited in Southern California via e-mail through BDSM clubs and organizations

  28. Connolly’s (2006): Psychological Functioning of BDSM Practitioners • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2, 567 items) • Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III, 175 items) • Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI, 100 items) • Postraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (PDS, 49 items) • Multiscale Dissociation Inventory (MDI, 30 items) • Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II, 21 items) • Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI, 21 items)

  29. Psychoanalytic theorizing Depression Anxiety Obsessive-compulsion PTSD Dissociation Psychological sadism Psychological masochism Narcissism Borderline pathology Paranoia

  30. BDSM practitioners vs. normative samples Out of body experiences Missing one’s freeway exit because one’s mind is elsewhere Ego self-involvement

  31. Altered States of Consciousness • Physiological short term changes in the brain caused by SM related activities • Transient Hypofrontality • Subspace • Domspace/topspace

  32. Challenges & Feedback • Ethics • Participants • IRB • Next Iteration • Technique • fMRI • Cognitive tests • WCST • Timing & Intensity • Runner’s high • Distance in time

  33. The Stroop Test

  34. Read the word

  35. Green

  36. Red

  37. Blue

  38. Yellow

  39. Name the color

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  44. Read the word

  45. Yellow

  46. Green

  47. Blue

  48. Red

  49. Name the color

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