Freudian whips

'The recent work adds a new twist to older theories about the roots of human aggression. While Freud saw aggression as a basic human drive that had to be channeled by the controls of the ego and superego, many psychologists now feel aggression stems from faulty thinking and a penchant for retaliation that verges on the paranoid.

Some current findings are consistent with such older views as the idea, inspired by the work of Alfred Adler, that the bully is compensating for deep feelings of inferiority.

''We find that bullies have a strong need to control others,'' said John Lochman, a psychologist at Duke University Medical School. ''Their need to be dominant masks an underlying fear that they are not in control, and they mask the sense of inadequacy by being a bully.'' '

Hmm .. and, what does that mean, in regard to the aggressive Doms and Dommes, who have to insult and threaten, treat subs and slaves with extreme cruelty, in order to appear dominant, Professor?

And, what does it say about the slaves who  believe that's what dominance looks, acts, and growls like?

So many people, so afraid to simply be themselves! Tsk tsk ...