a response paper to a film on s&m bondage

Whip me, Beat me, Make me feel like an IDIOT! This documentary
does hit on the key issues of instinctualdrive, Sex and Aggression. I felt
like sex and aggression was met byboth participants in each sexcapade
by the use of what the customerfelt was a mixture of love and domination.
Love is what I felt all thecustomers were looking to their dominatrix for;
and by themhumiliating, beating and subduing them the customer
attained afeeling of what they felt was love, something that had probably
beenlacking since early childhood. Aggression for the most part
wasreleased by the mistress who, in my opinion, also needed that
releaseof a basic instinctual drive Aggression. This was probably
fueledby a subdued hatred for men or to attain that feeling of power
onegets when they conquer something.Another issue is the cathartic
effect this type of expression hasas a means for deterring
non-consensual sexual activity. Thisstatement was illustrated best by the
man who had psychoticthoughts and feelings and used this as a means
of "getting things inhis head right", if he had not had this mental and
sexual release hecould very well have committed some sort of heinous
crime againsthumanity. So I may not agree with these people or even see
thesoothing capabilities of this "therapy" but that does not mean it
doesnot hold its own social value and merit.In closing I would like to say
that I feel enlightened to have thisinformation, which may help me in the
future to sympathize withsomeone who may have that "urge", and I feel
that armed with thisknowledge I may be able to recognize that deviant in
the future.