A review by rlongford
Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart

The research this author did was fantastic. This was a completely know topic that I honestly knew nothing about other then my preconceived notions. I wanted to understand this community and challenge my knee jerk reaction of "that's abuse" to some of the more extreme scenes. I learned a lot and will be dissecting my thoughts on it for a long while.