Vicarious Kinks

Born this way? Is kink a sexual orientation or a preference?

“…Early sexologists Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Sigmund Freud and Havelock Ellis first researched kink as a deviant sexuality that was in opposition to the norm (Khan, 2014;Simula, 2019b). Kink was primarily researched with the purpose of finding the cause and cure, as it was labelled a 'sexual disorder' (Khan, 2014;Simula, 2019b).…”

“…Krafft-Ebing placed kink and BDSM on a spectrum, starting with spanking and fetishes to lust murder (Ritchers et al, 2008). Krafft-Ebing argued that humans are constantly at odds with their natural animal state, which is in opposition to monogamous heterosexuality (Khan, 2014). Both Freud and Krafft-Ebing argued that human sexuality was a device to be controlled and contained, lest humans succumb to their natural animal perversity (Khan, 2014;Krafft-Ebing, 1965;Simula, 2019b).…”

“…Krafft-Ebing argued that humans are constantly at odds with their natural animal state, which is in opposition to monogamous heterosexuality (Khan, 2014). Both Freud and Krafft-Ebing argued that human sexuality was a device to be controlled and contained, lest humans succumb to their natural animal perversity (Khan, 2014;Krafft-Ebing, 1965;Simula, 2019b). According to Krafft-Ebing, perversity was defined as sexual activity that was outside procreative, monogamous, heterosexual sex (Khan, 2014).…”

“…Both Freud and Krafft-Ebing argued that human sexuality was a device to be controlled and contained, lest humans succumb to their natural animal perversity (Khan, 2014;Krafft-Ebing, 1965;Simula, 2019b). According to Krafft-Ebing, perversity was defined as sexual activity that was outside procreative, monogamous, heterosexual sex (Khan, 2014). These scholars, in addition to British doctor Havelock Ellis, shaped how kink was approached and defined in the first part of the 20 th century.…”

“…These scholars, in addition to British doctor Havelock Ellis, shaped how kink was approached and defined in the first part of the 20 th century. The creation of the Diagnostic Statistics Manual (DSM) cemented some of these views on kink, putting a diagnosis and criteria for sexuality that was deviant (Khan, 2014).…”