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 Pilot Virtuoso pianist Fluent in French Self-made billionaire “Beyond handsome” Prehensile penis 3 2 Women Men 1 0 SM fantasies SM behaviors MEN WOMEN R2 = 0.185 R2 = 0.115 MEN WOMEN R2 = 0.185 R2 = 0.115 MEN WOMEN R2 = 0.185 R2 = 0.115 MEN WOMEN R2 = 0.185 R2 = 0.115 •Methodology •Edgework and Gender •Intimacy •Methodology •Authenticity and Fantasy •“Hoochie Dommes” vs. Indies vs. Lifestylers •BDSM as Therapy •Gender on the Dungeon Floor •Parallelism between switches and bisexuals: Breaking Binary Boundaries There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. “Among male college students, 51% indicated that they would rape a woman if they thought they could get away with it” 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%) 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1 (0%) 2 3, 4, 5 (100%) “Among male college students, 51% indicated that they would rape a woman if they thought they could get away with it” “Among male college students, 51% indicated that they would rape a woman if they thought they could get away with it” 60 40 20 0 1 (0%) 2 3, 4, 5 (100%) 146 respondents 53% female, 47% male Ages 18-72 Slavery relationship 3 weeks to 22 years “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.” "Out of role" 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% when sick when with when at family work 74% “had engaged in behavior that had seemed inconceivable at the start of the relationship” Mutual End of prior M/s or relationships unrepor ted 7% Access to bank account in their names No 2% Ended by owner 24% Ended by slave 69% Yes 98% 88% satisfied or completely satisfied with the relationship “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.” 132 respondents 56 women, 73 men, 3 transgendered individuals Ages 25-74 Recruited in Southern California via e-mail through BDSM clubs and organizations 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) Depression Anxiety Obsessive-compulsion PTSD Dissociation Psychological sadism Psychological masochism Narcissism Borderline pathology Paranoia BDSM practitioners lower than normative samples BDSM practitioners not statistically different BDSM practitioners higher than normative samples Depression Obsessive-compulsion Dissociation Anxiety Narcissism PTSD Psychological sadism Out of body experiences Psychological masochism Borderline pathology Paranoia Missing one’s freeway exit because one’s mind is elsewhere Ego selfinvolvement Physiological short term changes in the brain caused by SM related activities • Transient Hypofrontality •Subspace •Domspace/topspace • Technique • fMRI • Cognitive tests • Ethics • Participants • IRB • WCST • Timing & Intensity • Runner’s high • Distance in time • Next Iteration Read the word Green Red Blue Yellow Name the color XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX Read the word Yellow Green Blue Red Name the color Green Red Yellow Blue ▪Benefits •No practice effects •More accessible •Take home •Smartphone apps Testosterone (pg/ml) 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Tops Bottoms Baseline 10 min before scene 0.35 Cortisol (ug/dl) 0.3 0.25 0.2 Tops Bottoms 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 Baseline 20 min after scene 40 min after scene Correlation does not imply causation! Seeking switches willing to be randomly assigned to the top or bottom role Friday, March 29th, 2013 at the Arizona Power Exchange (APEX) Seeking switches willing to be randomly assigned to the top or bottom role Friday, March 29th, 2013 at the Arizona Power Exchange (APEX) With generous support from: http://www.niu.edu/user/tj0bjs1/bdsm.html Brad Sagarin <bsagarin@niu.edu>