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[edit] Erotic usage

Any notes on use of sensory deprivation as erotic, such as in BDSM, as referenced in Sensation play (BDSM)?Crab 15:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)


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1. Equating the severity, duration and objectives of torture to those of therapy is a fallacy of scale similar to "drinking a glass of water is equivalent to having your head held under water".

  > "incorrectly labeling as torture a technique that is widely used for therapy and performance enhancement"

2. Making broad generalizations. It is unlikely that the "context" that detainees being subject to deprivation techniques are the same as those of people voluntarily entering sensory deprivation. However, if there is a credible citation to show this then that should be referenced otherwise such opinion should be omitted.

  > "in contexts that most people find pleasant"


Note that actually, four of these five so-called sensory deprivation techniques (wall-standing, loud noise, sleep deprivation, and deprivation of food and drink), all increase sensory stimulation, and are thus the opposite of sensory deprivation. The ECHR judgment perpetuates an obvious error in terminology, incorrectly labeling as torture a technique that is widely used for therapy and performance enhancement, in contexts that most people find pleasant or at worst somewhat boring: actual reduction of stimulation, either in a dark, quiet room or in a flotation tank (S. Kennedy, "The hooded men": Victims of psychological research? P. Suedfeld, editor, Psychology and torture, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1980). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.30.20.59 (talk) 04:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BBC program about sensory deprivation

->[1] (Hypnosadist) 11:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)