Submitted by Bill Herring on Sat, 2010-02-06 00:37.
Thank you for this great question. I'm actually in the process of
writing an article tentatively titled either "When Is "Sex Addiction"
NOT Sex Addiction?" that addresses the need to take morality-based
preconceptions about sex out of the equation. I've long had the opinion
that sex addiction has little to do with any particular activity like
anonymous sex, online porn, group sex or swinging, affairs,
prostitution, etc. The primary question that really matters is whether
a person has tried to stop and been unsuccessful in the attempt. I see
a lot of terribly biased "signs of sex addiction" that say more about
the person who created the assessment than anything else, including too
much focus on types of behaviors rather than the underlying obsession
and powerlessness. It's questions like this that challenge this
paradigm to continually assess itself for bias and preconceptions that
unduly pathologize certain behaviors. Thanks for helping to keep this
continually emerging field honest!
Thank you for this great question. I'm actually in the process of
writing an article tentatively titled either "When Is "Sex Addiction"
NOT Sex Addiction?" that addresses the need to take morality-based
preconceptions about sex out of the equation. I've long had the opinion
that sex addiction has little to do with any particular activity like
anonymous sex, online porn, group sex or swinging, affairs,
prostitution, etc. The primary question that really matters is whether
a person has tried to stop and been unsuccessful in the attempt. I see
a lot of terribly biased "signs of sex addiction" that say more about
the person who created the assessment than anything else, including too
much focus on types of behaviors rather than the underlying obsession
and powerlessness. It's questions like this that challenge this
paradigm to continually assess itself for bias and preconceptions that
unduly pathologize certain behaviors. Thanks for helping to keep this
continually emerging field honest!