tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post1826008855490961866..comments2024-03-25T12:06:32.583-05:00Comments on THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE: STHENOSADISMGene Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post-25733887828735906332008-12-20T14:43:00.000-06:002008-12-20T14:43:00.000-06:00A quick addenda/refinement:Though I wrote "power/s...A quick addenda/refinement:<BR/><BR/>Though I wrote "power/strength" as if the two were covalent, I now think that there are power-fantasies within the sadism sphere that do not have the air of sthenolagnia to them. A geometrical description might show "sadism" as one separate sphere, "sthenolagnia" as another, and "sthenosadism" as a circle partly overlapping both.<BR/><BR/>Many of Sade's tormentors, for instance, may be in positions of power, but they are personally unprepossessing, and so in those cases the sadistic fantasy involves only the will to power, but not the demonstration of superior strength,esp. through combat.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.com