The 'heterosexualisation' of sadism and masochism.

From: Hecate | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: Lynch, Karen | Copyright information

When initially researching this article, I intended to examine the myth of female masochism and how this is employed, problematised and reinvented in female Gothic and feminist detective fiction. But as I began the research I realised that this myth was inseparably paired with another--the myth of male sadism; and together they form what I have termed the 'heterosexuality' of masochism and sadism. My contention is that our notions of heterosexuality have a sedimented association wi...

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