Clinical and diagnostic terminology for sexual interests recognised as disorders or paraphilias. These entries don't belong in the main glossary. They are not kinks.

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Sexual Masochism Disorder

DSM-5: Arousal from being humiliated, beaten, or made to suffer. Disorder diagnosis requires distress or impairment.

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