Max Mosley just one of many Brits that enjoy S&M

by LotusFlower | July 10, 2008 at 05:03 pm | 226 views | 1 comment

The story Max Mosley's S&M orgy has been dominating the tabloid press in the UK and beyond. Here The Sun runs a background story on S&M and it's prevalence in the UK. The law in the UK doesn't allow for S&M that causes injury of any kind - even between consenting adults - something that wrankles with some who enjoy being hurt and feel it's nothing to do with anyone else what they get up to behind closed doors. What is the role of the state in protecting it's citizens from themselves?

ONE in seven British men and one in ten women have tried bondage, domination or sado-masochism.

Fantasies involving erotic spanking, tickling, love-bites and handcuffs all have their roots in S&M.

But acts which cause injury are illegal in the UK, where the law does not recognise the possibility of anyone consenting to bodily harm.

S&M desires — sadists enjoy inflicting pain while masochists enjoy receiving it — have been written about since the 18th century.

The word sadism comes from Frenchman Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade (1740-1814), whose infamous writings saw him locked up.

Tory MP Stephen Milligan’s dabbling with extreme S&M hit the headlines when he was found dead wearing just women’s stockings after suffocating during a bizarre solo sex act in 1994.

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Johnny Summerton

at 17:20 on July 10th, 2008

Oh dear is it sad of me to admit that I'm not one of the one in seven. I would say you can tell it's summer when the Sun starts running these stories, but it's pretty much par for the course as far as that particular newspaper's concerned.

This is really going to help improve the image of Britons, who are apparently viewed as completely kinky - well the men at least. Does anyone remember form French prime minister, Edith Cresson's remarks. - Google time.

Oh PS - not sure I would have really filed this (or anything else that comes from the Sun for that matter) under "Culture". That's stretching the definition just a tad.