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Torture vs Genitorture - What's the difference?

torture | genitorture |

As a verb torture

is .

As a noun genitorture is

(bdsm) torture of the genitals.

torture

Noun

(en noun)
  • Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
  • Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture .
    In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
    People confess to anything under torture .
  • (chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
  • Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !

    Derived terms

    * torture chamber *

    Verb

    (tortur)
  • To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
  • People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.

    Derived terms

    * *

    genitorture

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (BDSM) torture of the genitals
  • * 1995 , John Robert Burger, One-handed histories: the eroto-politics of gay male video pornography (page 62)
  • The content of these videos often includes genitorture , tit-torture, bondage, spanking, flagellation (with belts, whips, and canes), water sports
  • * 1996 , Bill Henkin, Sybil Holiday, Consensual sadomasochism: how to talk about it and how to do it safely (page 225)
  • Sounds are sometimes used in SM play for medical scenes and male genitorture .
  • * 1997 , "John Randall", ASFD: F/m males as absolute property owned by women ... torture, genitorture, castration, execution'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sex.femdom )
  • If you have violent fantasies of evil women owning males as absolute property, with such elements as genitorture , castration, amputation, skinning alive, cooking alive, butchering, cannibalism, etc, you owe it to yourself to give Katharsis a look see.