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In this chapter, I wish to examine further the theme of consensual masochistic pleasure. The participants featured in the two case study films enjoy relinquishing power, just as the BDSM bottom does, but within a familiar controlled situation: the play environ.
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Allen, S. (2013). Playing with Control. In: Cinema, Pain and Pleasure. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137306692_6
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