Spanking

Erotic Spanking releases endorphins and can be exciting and pleasurable for certain individuals. It’s often associated with being dominated and therefore exciting to submissive partners, or someone who enjoys an aggressive partner.

Most of these individuals enjoy a mixture of lighter smacks along with more firm authoritative smacks overtime you begin to learn your partner's comfort level with spanking. You might find that this helps elevate the release of inhibitions because it mixes submissive relaxation with endorphins.

Spanking naturally releases hormones. Spanking is an intriguing demonstration of many the principles highlighted throughout this book. It can be a fun playful way to experiment with the dominant and submissive role-play. It can create a level of tension and excitement. It releases chemicals in the brain by triggering a mixture of endorphins from the stress response along with excitement and playfulness.

You can create a nonchalant subtle way for your partner to indicate both “too much” and “more please.” In other words, have a subtle cue so you partner can let you know if it's too hard or feedback if they want it harder without breaking the role-play. It can be fun and exciting to create playful words to use with your partner and remain within the role-play of dominance and submission.

Spanking 'brings couples together'

Research Shows S&M Activities, Though Stressful At First, May Bring Couples Closer

Here’s the link to the original post on CBSNews.com:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/31/tech/main4906044.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories

SPANKING is stressful at first, but it could bring consenting couples closer together. That's the implication of two studies of hormonal changes associated with sadomasochistic (S&M) activities including spanking, bondage and flogging.

Brad Sagarin at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and colleagues measured levels of the stress hormone cortisol in 13 men and women at an S&M party in Arizona, before, during and after participating in activities. During S&M scenes, cortisol rose significantly in those receiving stimulation, but dropped back to normal within 40 minutes if the scene went well. There was no change in those inflicting the activity.

At an S&M event in Colorado, testosterone was measured in 45 men and women. It increased significantly in receiving women only. Donatella Marazziti of the University of Pisa, Italy, says the boost may help women cope with the aggressive nature of S&M activities, or that it could be another sign of ...

I said it in my book and now research confims: Spank Together, Stay Together!

Couples who engage in bondage and spanking, may end up strengthening their relationship, according to a new study published in the magazine New Scientist this week.

Two separate studies, one from Northern Illinois University and one from the University of Pisa in Italy, researched hormone levels at S&M parties.

"...practitioners provided physiological measures of salivary cortisol and testosterone (hormones associated with stress and dominance, respectively) and psychological measures of relationship closeness before and after participating in SM activities. Observed activities included bondage, sensory deprivation, a variety of painful and pleasurable stimulation, verbal and non-verbal communication, and expressions of caring and affection. During the scenes, cortisol rose significantly for participants who were bound, receiving stimulation, and following orders, but not for participants who were providing stimulation, orders, or structure. Female participants who were bound, receiving stimulation, and following orders also showed increases in testosterone during the scenes. ...The increases in relationship closeness combined with the displays of caring and affection observed as part of the SM activities offer support for the modern view that SM, when performed consensually, has the potential to increase intimacy between participants."

David J. Roof