Richard von Krafft-Ebing
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Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis.
Richard v. Krafft Ebing
Richard von Krafft-Ebing, bust by Richard Kauffungen, courtyard of the University of Vienna
Krafft-Ebing family coat of arms
Feldhof (Postcard, dated 24 July 1898)
Sadomasochism
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Sadism and masochism, known collectively as sadomasochism or S&M, is the derivation of pleasure from acts of respectively inflicting or receiving pain or humiliation. The term is named after the Marqu
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
…Sadism used in France since 1834 (Dictionnaire universel de Boiste, eighth edition) as the name for a pathology. The now well-known technical term "Masochism" was coined by him. He also dealt extensively with Hypnotism and was one of the first to apply it clinically. Increasingly, he was called in as a…
A female dominant with a male submissive at her feet, from Dresseuses d'Hommes (1931) by Belgian artist Luc Lafnet
Portrait of Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1761)
A submissive woman bound to a Saint Andrew's Cross being whipped at the Folsom Street Fair. The red marks on her body are from the whipping.
S&M may involve painful acts such as cock and ball torture. The image shows a dominant woman holding a bound man's penis, applying electricity to his testicles at the Folsom Street Fair.