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A complex and thoughtful review of a thoughtful and honest account of why masochistic sex is meaningful to the author in a way that conveys the thoughtfulness, complexity, and honesty of the account is, in itself, an achievement. Thank you, Salon, for running this.
I do disagree with the suggestion in the account that it is an abusive childhood that makes one want to be a top or a bottom... I was molested as a child, tied to a hospital bed, sent to a dentist who -- on occasion -- deliberately hurt me... and I am not attracted to S/M or repulsed by my friends who find a place for it in their lives. In fact, of the five friends I've talked with about it, only one has a history of abuse.
