A Psychodynamic Approach to Female Domination in BDSM Relationships: Sexuality Between Pleasure and Work...

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Nathalie Lugand

A Psychodynamic Approach to Female Domination in BDSM Relationships

Sexuality Between Pleasure and Work

Nathalie Lugand

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English

Routledge
31 March 2023

Psychological theory & schools of thought; Psychology of gender; Social, group or collective psychology; Occupational & industrial psychology; Sexual behaviour

This ground-breaking book explores contemporary forms of BDSM where women dominate in relationships and professions, opening new paths for psychological research in commercial and non-commercial BDSM.

Based on a unique combination of qualitative investigation and academic research, it examines how BDSM has often crystalized conflicts in contemporary feminist debates, where sexually dominant women are pictured either as victims or as agents of resistance to the patriarchy. Nathalie Lugand argues that female domination in heterosexual BDSM is above all situated in a continuum structured by the values of care and by the circulation of money. Through a novel psychodynamic approach, Lugand demystifies BDSM relationships where women dominate, considering the impact of social relations of work in the construction of sexual identity and analyzing the difficulties that they cause in the erotic economy. The book affirms that to better understand the pleasure taken in female domination practices and the difficulties for women to impose themselves as dominatrixes, it is necessary to shift the focus away from transgressive aspects and look towards the workplace and the organisation of work in women's sexuality.

Using field immersion to comprehensively investigate the blurred boundaries between life and work in the BDSM community, A Psychodynamic Approach to Female Domination in BDSM Relationships provides the opportunity for a new interpretation of sexuality, overturning the existing theoretical frameworks used in clinical psychology and psychoanalysis. This book is essential reading for researchers and academics in psychology, gender studies, political and social sciences, and human sexuality, as well as activists defending the human rights of sex workers around the world.

By: Nathalie Lugand
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 403g
ISBN: 9781032192956
ISBN 10: 103219295X
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 31 March 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nathalie Lugand is a member of the research laboratory UTRPP (transversal unity of psychogenesis and psychopathology) at the University Sorbonne Paris Nord. Her work focuses on the relationship between gender, sexuality, work, and mental health.

Reviews for A Psychodynamic Approach to Female Domination in BDSM Relationships: Sexuality Between Pleasure and Work

'Nathalie Lugand skilfully crosses two traditionally separate fields of study - work and sexuality - and transforms our perspective on desire. This book is provocative, bold and out of the box. A must read.' Pascale Molinier, Professor of Social Psychology, University Sorbonne Paris Nord, France