Lydia Benecke - Sadists: BDSM vs. Crime

In this lecture, Lydia Benecke examines the psychological profiles of harmless and dangerous sexual sadists. On one side are people who live out their sexual sadism consensually with masochistic partners. On the other are the thoughts and emotional worlds of criminal sadists - whose most notorious representatives include Jack the Ripper and Ted Bundy.

Benecke developed the first comprehensive scientific model for distinguishing dangerous from non-dangerous sexual sadists, published by "Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaft". The lecture addresses questions such as: What sets the two groups apart? What drives their needs, what shapes their personalities, what kind of partners do they seek - and what made them who they are?

She also explains why "Shades of Grey" fails to portray sadomasochistic relationships realistically, and why Christian Grey should be classified as a dangerous rather than a consensual sexual sadist.

This event is for ages 16 and above. Younger attendees will not be admitted.