Sadism is the consensual infliction of physical or emotional pain while cruelty is to make people suffer for an ulterior goal.

Animal rights do not belong in the progressive agenda because they conflict with environmentalism, science, humanism and social movements.

Information as the basic nature of reality avoids the pitfalls of materialism, idealism and dualism.

The Way of the Warrior philosophy of life summarized in seven points that help me find meaning in my life.

Flow is a mental state of focused attention, selflessness and euphoria.

Advice on what to do if a person choked during sex of BDSM is unconscious or does not have a pulse.

The runner’s high is an example of endorphin rush, but it is unclear if it is caused by endorphins or endocannabinoids.

Scientific studies show that women who are choked have more psychological problems and changes in brain connectivity.

Choking during sex can produce brain damage from neuronal death from anoxia, reperfusion injury, and changes in heartbeat.

Asphyxia during sex can be done using an air choke or a blood choke, which block air entry or the blood supply to the brain, respectively.

Death by autoerotic asphyxiation is less common that thought. Still, choking is the most deathly BDSM activity.

Several surveys show that college students increasingly practice choking during sex

Porn is not addictive. It induces short increases of dopamine and not the sustained ones produced by cocaine and opioids.

I struggle to break up with Catholicism while attending an elite school ran by Opus Day in Madrid.

I grew up in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela being indoctrinated by the Catholic organization Opus Dei.

Personal power is to have the mental fortitude to live with meaning and happiness.

The myth of sexual purity creates the cliché of prostitution as an indelible stain that soils women.

Women engage in prostitution to pay for college, escaping abuse, supporting their children, living richly and sexual exploration.

When an old fisherman tried to sexually abuse me in his boat, I escaped swimming. Years later, I visited him on his deathbed.