tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215117687149149963.post8349359182091805436..comments2023-10-31T05:06:08.839-07:00Comments on Reality Apologetics: On PainJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09594949524027204661noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215117687149149963.post-72812423358492072432008-05-25T17:40:00.000-07:002008-05-25T17:40:00.000-07:00Hey. So you asked me a while ago to find out the p...Hey. So you asked me a while ago to find out the prevalence. I did some searching today through some various articles I had on the topic and didn't come up with anything. There isn't a published prevalence for this. <BR/>Part of the reason for this is that there is such a variety of activities that can be lumped into this category. Is "spanking" the definable limit? The lack of definable "Yes, that's BDSM, No, that's not" makes it really hard to determine how many people actually find pleasure in what level of pain.<BR/>I did find one article that cited 25% of people enjoyed being bitten by a partner. I think that, as an indicator of your typical BDSM, that number is WAY high. But it's the only thing I could find.Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602017675257374309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215117687149149963.post-26693646741721259522008-05-03T22:20:00.000-07:002008-05-03T22:20:00.000-07:00Pain isn't any more complex than that, it's our re...Pain isn't any more complex than that, it's our reaction to pain that's complex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215117687149149963.post-86170936481637994852008-05-03T13:11:00.000-07:002008-05-03T13:11:00.000-07:00That's true, Neosapience, but I think it is a bit ...That's true, Neosapience, but I think it is a bit more complex than that statement implies. The fact that there's no way to objectively "get at" what any individual (other than you) is feeling, combined with the fact that the same stimulus seems to produce different feelings in different people seems to indicate a need for a bit more nuance.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594949524027204661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215117687149149963.post-69661980611415012092008-05-03T10:45:00.000-07:002008-05-03T10:45:00.000-07:00Hello RA - It seems I've made my way to your blog ...Hello RA - It seems I've made my way to your blog via the discussion on pain. Anyway, I think it would have been easier just to say that pain is defined by what we feel, not how we behave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215117687149149963.post-66394212542232164012008-05-02T14:09:00.000-07:002008-05-02T14:09:00.000-07:00Pain hurts but you can enjoy it. That is different...Pain hurts but you can enjoy it. That is different from saying that it's "pleasurable", which has other connotations. <BR/><BR/>People also sometimes require pain to have pleasures. They need the painful stimulation to orgasm, for instance. So pain is requisite to their pleasure, even if the pain in and of itself isn't pleasurable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215117687149149963.post-9513804329494189852008-05-02T10:40:00.000-07:002008-05-02T10:40:00.000-07:00Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. :)Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. :)Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755997814928981740noreply@blogger.com