Today's Theme: Sadism

Freud described sadism (or even better, sadomasochism, because he considered both siamese twins) as a sexual perversion derived from the humans will to power.

Another descriptions would also use words like "perversion" to take sexual pleasure in "misbehaving" and "humiliating" the partner. The general view towards Sadomasochist fantasies -even by sources based on the research of psychology- is as if these people are some kind of low-life.

I believe Freud's point of view towards this is rather sober. Human's natural love of power, why not, indeed? We all do all kinds of weird stuff to have some sort of advantage towards others. Some try to be cool, some are choleric, some are ambitious, some try it in politics and, well, some people like to whip others. Whipping someone who likes to be whipped is not the sickest thing in this list, I'd say. At least one knows that the other likes to get fucked in the arse and being spanked with a whip at the same time while he/she is unable to move. No politician, on the other hand, ever asked me if I'd take pleasure in that sort of entertainment before he decided to launch new taxes.