Thanks for the thorough answer.
What you talk about in the second paragraph makes sense after what I heard today. This morning I was told about this disorder where a woman gets random orgasm from slight vibrations, like loud music or a bump in the road, up to 200 a day, and you would think that anyone would love this, but apparently many of them report discomfort and pain. So this idea about the neurons cross-communicating between the pain and pleasure receptors makes everything make sense now.
I look forward to reading your book. Are you trying to get your Doctorate degree and this is your dissertation or you just want to help inform people? By the way, what school do you teach at? It would be interesting if one of my friends knew you. You can PM the answer if you don't want to make it public, or you don't have to answer at all if you'd rather not. Just curious. Also, since you're a sex ed teacher you have to meet with other professors in the area right? So do you happen to know Robert Vitelli?
In this day and age though, aren't you concerned that if you do happen to accidentally cause permanent damage to someone, like impotency from testicular damage for instance, that they might come after you with a lawsuit?
The oversensitive female genital is a different type of thing. This is actually a sexual dysfunction... not likely to be a neurological issue. I can explain better in person if you pick up the juice one day this week.
I recently applied to Doctoral programs and I am awaiting decisions (should be in the next 6 weeks... freaking out cause I have not gotten a call for an interview yet). Rather not say where I teach... not on Long Island though. Don't know a Vitelli. Is he in the area? What school?
As far as lawsuits.. I have been doing BDSM for over 15 years. I took Bio and anatomy courses to learn how to avoid doing any permanent damagae and how to be safe and sterile as well. I also took some nursing and health classes to learn some of the more extreme stuff (many moons ago... lol!).
Never done permanent damage yet (unless it was requested and within the guidelines of sanity and My own moral confort zone) (knock on wood) and I don't expect to.