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BDSM as a phenomenon goes back to ancient times. Ritual scourging was known as far back as the 11th century BC. [source is not specified 711 days] So, in Ancient Greece, the public spanking of Spartan boys passed before the altar of Artemis Ortii annually.

One of the earliest graphic evidence of sadomasochistic scenes of sexual orientation was found in the Etruscan tomb in Tuscany. Inside the cave of Tomba della Fustigazione (Italy, Tomba della Fustigazione, 6th century BC), two men are depicted portraying a woman with a stick and hand during a love affair. A number of frescoes of an erotic nature discovered during the excavations of

Pompeii also contain elements of BDSM (flogging a man’s hand, a woman in an imperative position over a man, etc.) Texts of sadomasochistic content are also found in the Kama Sutra: … It is said that love pleasure is like a match, because love is characterized by strife and bad mood… Because of this tendency, striking is also part of [love pleasure]. The places of the [blows] are the shoulders, the head, the chest, the back, the sides… These four kinds of blows: the back part of the hand, the bent palm, the fist and the straightened palm. (Part 7, Chapter 15—16: On the use of strikes).

At the same time, as a special form of sexual behavior BDSM began to be considered only from the end of the XVIII century, when the process of medical and legal categorization of sexual relations began in Europe. In the novel «Fanny Hill» by the English writer John Cleland, published in 1749, there is a scene of erotic scourging. Mention of brothels that specialize in spanking, for example, have been encountered since 1769.

Some time later, the works of the Marquis de Sade were published. In fact, de Sade’s novels were the first literary works containing a complete description of BDSM, including sadism as such. At the same time, de Sade’s works contained descriptions of sadism only (which was the reason for the very term «sadism»). In the 19th century, de Sade’s works were «balanced» by the work of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, in particular the famous novel Venus in Furs, in which the main character wants his beloved to treat him like a slave. At the same time, despite the consolidation of such concepts as sadism and masochism in the medical literature, the ideas of Sacher-Masoch and, in particular, de Sade were very far from the modern subculture of BDSM, mainly in the basic principles of full information, safety and voluntariness. Sadism and masochism were considered by them as real life situations, often implying not at all playful torture and submission.

In its modern form, BDSM originated at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and was the development of rather erotic games with elements of domination-subordination practiced in European brothels than ideas of de Sade and Sacher-Masoch. Further development went on the way of singling out BDSM into a separate type of sexual behavior. In particular, literary works of BDSM-orientation were created.

The American psychologist Robert Bienvenu believed that the modern BDSM is due to three books: «European Fetish» (1928), «American Fetish» (1934), and «Gay Leather» (1950). The appearance of the first graphic works with BDSM-elements refers to the beginning of the XX century. The first photos, entirely dedicated to the BDSM theme, appeared in the 1950s in the US and Japan.

Their first American author was the famous photographer and director Irving Clough, who at that time published a series of photos in BDSM-style (mostly with the participation of the then-known erotic model Betty Page). In addition, Clow shot one of the first erotic films on this subject and organized a comic book, created by the famous BDSM artists John Willy and Eric Stanton. Approximately at the same time, Betty Page became one of the most popular models of such areas as fetish and pin-up, having risen to the level of a sex symbol, which, on the wave of the sexual revolution that began in the West, led to the spread of BDSM.