| The activities in recent years of both the British Courts and the police, as well as in the judiciary in western regions in the U.S. and Canada, has resulted in the successful criminalising of the sexual play of consenting citizens whilst non-consenting violence, normally towards children or inflicted in sport, remains legal. This paper explores the criminalisation of pleasure and sexuality by examining the case of the criminalisation of sadomasochistic practices throughout western nations at a time when the cultural artifacts of SM are becoming part of the mainstream culture through fashion and film |
Updated 05/20/2006