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Published: 02.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'The Agony and the Ecstasy ', 1.
  • Essays 'The Agony and the Ecstasy ', 2.
  • Essays 'The Agony and the Ecstasy ', 3.
  • Essays 'The Agony and the Ecstasy ', 4.
  • Essays 'The Agony and the Ecstasy ', 5.
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Masochism, a sexual disorder in which sexual arousal is derived from subjection to physical and emotional degradation. A type of paraphilia ,masochism is explained in psychoanalysis as a destructive attitude in which the individual turns inward upon himself instead of outward upon others. The Masochist exists to test his/her limits, to see how much pain (s) he can tolerate before (s)he collapses. She/He gains satisfaction in humiliation, suffering, denial and even physical pain. …

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