Practitioners of sadomasochism may seek sexual pleasure from their acts.
Sadomasochism ( / ˌ s eɪ d oʊ ˈ m æ s ə k ɪ z əm/ SAY-doh- MASS-ə-kiz-əm) is the giving and receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation.
A female dominant with a male submissive at her feet, from Dresseuses d'Hommes (1931) by the Belgian artist Luc Lafnet
