Breslow N, Evans L, Langley J
Arch Sex Behav. 1985 Aug;14(4):303-17. doi: 10.1007/BF01550846.
The existence of females in the sadomasochistic subculture has generally been denied in the theoretical, clinical, and empirical literature. The assumption that females do not exist in the subculture, or exist in such small numbers as to make analysis impossible, was tested. Questionnaires were placed in two publications that cater to sadomasochists, and additional questionnaires were mailed to advertisers whose ads appeared in a sadomasochistic contact magazine. Of 182 individuals who responded, 130 were males, and 52 were females, indicating a meaningful female presence in the subculture. An analysis of the replies revealed similarities and differences between the male and female respondents.
在理论、临床和实证文献中，虐恋亚文化中女性的存在普遍遭到否认。有一种假设认为，亚文化中不存在女性，或者女性数量极少以至于无法进行分析，本次研究对这一假设进行了验证。研究人员在两份面向虐恋者的出版物中投放了调查问卷，并向在一份虐恋联系杂志上刊登广告的广告商额外邮寄了调查问卷。在182名回复者中，130名是男性，52名是女性，这表明在该亚文化中存在相当数量的女性。对回复的分析揭示了男性和女性受访者之间的异同。
