Welcome to The Science of BDSM, the website for the Science of BDSM Research Team based out of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
Latest News
10/18/24: The Science of BDSM Research Team would like to thank MTTA, Inc. for their generous donation! MTTA, the Master/slave Conference, and Master Taino have been strong supporters of the team for many years, and we are very grateful for their ongoing support for our research.
10/18/24: We are excited to announce the acceptance of Hannah Tarleton, Taylor Mackenzie, and Brad Sagarin's paper, "Consent Norms in the BDSM Community: Strong But Not Inflexible," for publication in Archives on Sexual Behavior! We will upload a PDF of the paper to our Publication and Presentations page as soon as one is available.
Upcoming Events
10/18/24 - 10/20/24: The team will be presenting "Attachment Style and the Psychology of Authority Transfer Relationships," "The Egalitarian Monogamist and Other Embarrassing Identities," and "The Science of BDSM: The Cutting Edge" at Kinky Kollege: Homecoming.
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MAIL TO:
Brad Sagarin
Department of Psychology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
OR
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brad.sagarin@gmail.comÂ