Masochism is defined as pleasure from one's own pain; seeking of pleasure from being subjected to pain. It focuses on receiving pain and humiliation as the preferred or exclusive method of sexual arousal and orgasm. Masochism is considered a sexual disorder, or paraphilia. Masochism is named after the 19th-century Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (Masoch-ism)
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