Antwerp researchers: "BDSM practitioners shouldn't be stigmatised”

The hormonal response experienced by runners after physical exertion is barely any different from that of BDSM practitioners.

The difference is that the latter group is stigmatised.

This is unjustified and not without consequences, researchers at the University of Antwerp say.

“Current psychiatry textbooks still list BDSM as a disorder,” notes PhD researcher Elise Wuyts. ...