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Lammers, Joris ORCID: 0000-0002-2647-121X and Imhoff, Roland ORCID: 0000-0003-0807-463X (2016). Power and Sadomasochism: Understanding the Antecedents of a Knotty Relationship. Soc. Psychol. Personal Sci., 7 (2). S. 142 - 149. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1948-5514

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Abstract

A large sample of 14,306 men and women was used to examine the relationship between social power and sexual arousal to consensual sadomasochism. Results showed that power increases the arousal to sadomasochism, after controlling for age and dominance. Furthermore, the effect of power on arousal by sadistic thoughts is stronger among women than among men, while the effect of power on arousal by masochistic thoughts is stronger among men than women. These findings refute common beliefs, reinforced through novels such as Fifty Shades of Grey, that the desire for sadomasochism reflects a desire to play out power dynamics in the bedroom. Instead, the effect of power is driven through a process of disinhibition that leads people to disregard sexual norms in general and disregard sexual norms associated with their gender in particular. These results add to an emerging literature that social power changes traditional gender patterns in sex.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lammers, Joris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-121X UNSPECIFIED Imhoff, Roland UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-463X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-284071
DOI:	10.1177/1948550615604452
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Psychol. Personal Sci.
Volume:	7
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 142 - 149
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1948-5514
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language GENDER-DIFFERENCES; COLLEGE POPULATION; NATIONAL-SURVEY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; INCREASES; STUDENTS; MEN; DISINHIBITION Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28407