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'''Sexual Sadism''' is "the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others". [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/sadism]  Sadists can be either exclusive or non-exclusive (the former meaning they require the infliction of pain to gain arousal, the latter meaning that while preferred, it is a completely optional part of their sexual experience).  The [[APA]] considers this to be a [[paraphilia]], though their diagnostic criteria have changed recently.  "Sadistic fantasies or acts may involve activities that indicate the dominance of the person over the victim (e.g., forcing the victim to crawl or keeping the victim in a cage).  They may also involve restraint, blindfolding, paddling, spanking, whipping, pinching, beating, burning, electrical shocks, rape, cutting, stabbing, strangulation, torture, mutilation, or killing". <ref>APA. ''DSM-IV''; APA; Washington, D.C. pg. 530, (January 1995)</ref>

'''Sexual Sadism''' is "the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others". [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/sadism]  Sadists can be either exclusive or non-exclusive (the former meaning they require the infliction of pain to gain arousal, the latter meaning that while preferred, it is a completely optional part of their sexual experience).  The [[APA]] considers this to be a [[paraphilia]], though their diagnostic criteria have changed recently.  "Sadistic fantasies or acts may involve activities that indicate the dominance of the person over the victim (e.g., forcing the victim to crawl or keeping the victim in a cage).  They may also involve restraint, blindfolding, paddling, spanking, whipping, pinching, beating, burning, electrical shocks, rape, cutting, stabbing, strangulation, torture, mutilation, or killing".<ref>APA. ''DSM-IV''; APA; Washington, D.C. pg. 530, (January 1995)</ref>

==Types of Sadism==

==Types of Sadism==

==The shifting of the APA==

==The shifting of the APA==

The diagnostic criteria in the DSM-IV does not include nonconsent as a requirement, and the description acknowledges the possibility of practicing sadism with a consenting victim.  The diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 however does require nonconsent.  The reason the APA offers for this change is that a diagnosis of sadism should only be of the immoral kind, because Child Protective Services have been known to separate families based on such a diagnosis.

The diagnostic criteria in the DSM-IV does not include nonconsent as a requirement, and the description acknowledges the possibility of practicing sadism with a consenting victim.  The diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 however does require nonconsent.  The reason the APA offers for this change is that a diagnosis of sadism should only be of the immoral kind, because Child Protective Services have been known to separate families based on such a diagnosis.

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