The testimonies heard concerning Lächert's sadistic behaviour were long and detailed.

Due to their sadistic behaviour, they have also created machines to extract the "soul" out of their human prisoners.

I know, I know,' he said, as bitter about the sadistic behaviour as she was.

First, the sadistic behaviour of Robert and the subservience of Caroline are manifestations of a raw and haunting human sexuality.

But it is encapsulated in the phrase that she was subjected to sadistic behaviour over a lengthy period of time which she accepted because she was in love with him.

The film is based on a real-life experiment on volunteers by Stanford University that was cut short after spinning out of control, with 'guards' exhibiting sadistic behaviour and 'prisoners' suffering depression.

Is not the problem of sadistic behaviour towards women made deeper and more urgent through this sort of portrayal than through, say, the simple moral condemnation of a villain who beats a woman?

Yet is not David Lynch pushing back boundaries and underlining the instability of subjectivity when he shows, not just the villain played by Dennis Hopper, but the hero, engaging in sadistic behaviour?

Feelings of humiliation can produce 'humiliated fury' which, when turned inward can result in apathy and depression, and when turned outward can give rise to paranoia, sadistic behaviour and fantasies of revenge.