BDSM i. During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a variety of periodicals were published on the subject of BDSM. Small independent publishing companies and organized groups were both active in this field, though many have since ceased publication or transferred to online publishing.
The German-language Schlagzeilen magazine started in as the group's internal newspaper and is an important BDSM publication in German-speaking countries today. Events and figures related to BDSM have also appeared in the media. Following this, several commentators compared his BDSM activities with the torture techniques used by Saddam Hussein 's administration in Iraq. Others compared today's discrimination of BDSM practitioners with the situation of homosexuals in the past.
In it, Schwarzer states, among other things, that sadomasochistic practices are generally to be equated with violence against women.
Her judgment on female sadomasochism "Female masochism is collaboration! This cautionary tale recalls thematic elements of Pygmalion , Of Human Bondage , and Lolita , which it predated by 30 years. Justine Ettler 's The River Ophelia details the empty, sometimes violent sex lives of university students and yuppies with surreal overtones.
Author Anne Rice published under the pseudonym A. A nine-volume book series published in July under the title Bild-Erotik-Bibliothek by Bild-Zeitung , Germany's leading Tabloid and the best-selling newspaper in Europe, in cooperation with Random House gives a clear indication of the commercial potential of the topic.
