Erotic Spankings Aren't S&M
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From an interview with Steve Richardson a publisher of spanking stories:
DN: Spanking is often thought of as a part of SM. How do you differentiate between an SM story and a spanking story?
SR: In a generalization that a lot of people will object to, I think spankers give spankings as the fetishized event. Part of the nature of that event is that it should hurt but spankers are not interested primarily in hurting or being hurt and SMers are.
Interview with publisher of erotic spanking stories