Regardless of the reality that their sexual preferences are listed in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Handbook of Mental Disorders as possibly bothersome, people who have fun with whips and chains in the bed room may actually be more emotionally healthy than those who do not.

A concentration camp survivor establishes a complex S&M relationship with her torturer in this controversial drama from Italian arthouse director Liliana Cavani. Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling star as the pair who resume their relationship after the 2nd world war, while he is working as a night porter. A striking, troubling study of power, sexuality and transgressive behaviour, it features a partially nude Rampling dancing in a Nazi cap and leather gloves.

The research is somewhat limited by a self-selecting reaction pool and by the reality that BDSM specialists could have been addressing in ways to make themselves look much better and avoid stigma, Wismeijer stated-- though that the participants didn't know the reasons for the study ameliorates that issue somewhat. The findings are factor for mental health professionals to take an accepting approach to BDSM specialists, Wismeijer said.

Taking on the thorny subject of self-mutilation as a kind of sexual arousal, this French-Austrian thriller benefits from a skillful performance from Isabelle Huppert as the music teacher hiding a wealth of fetishes behind her repressed exterior. Based on Elfriede Jelinek's 1983 novel, Michael Haneke's movie is a complex and often unpleasant watch that scored highly on the festival circuit.

A lot of audiences can handle a light spanking, but Crash ups the kink factor by exploring a world where characters indulge their sadomasochistic desires by engineering car crashes. Defiantly provocative and certainly not for the squeamish, David Cronenberg's film was launched in a R version, as well as a NC-17 for adults only. Rumours that Cronenberg femdom Webcam may direct Fifty Shades Of Grey turned out to be wisthful thinking.