Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart

Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

Leigh Cowart

256 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners, to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers.Masochism is sexy, human, reviled, worshipped...

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