This book doesn't fully fit in with my "modern sensibilities" or whatever, and I only ended up side-eyeing that ending, of the idea of 'curing' someone of their masochism. It's still a fun read, and also very enlightening. Though I might be biased if the roles were switched, if the woman is the one being whipped. There's just something inherently appealing when a man is under the hands of a woman. But that is neither here nor there.