This paper examines the book, "Venus in Furs", by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, which is about the protagonist, Severin, and
his lover, Wanda. It looks at how Severin creates a written text of fetish
objects by which he writes his desire for pain in a controlled manner, thus imposing his phallic will upon the pain-inflicting, whip-holding hand of his lover, Wanda. It analyzes how, by orchestrating a visually arresting and textual view of the
female form through the use of fetish objects, such as whips and the titular furs of the goddess, Venus, of the title, Severin is able to transform a female, human body into a text where he desires to have pain inflicted upon himself.