With all the attention surrounding the Tiger Woods sex scandal, therapist are now coming out and saying that sex addiction is a possible psychiatric mental disorder.
Give me a break. According to the story released by ABCNEWS, www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/sex-addiction-real-problem/ the reasons for Tiger Wood's infidelity stems from sex addition. Several years back when actor David Duchovney was discovered having an affair against his wife Tea Leoni, he to came out and in his public response stated that he was addicted to sex. So the question is, is sex addiction real or is it just an excuse when spouses are caught in affairs?
According to family therapist, Terry Real, "the community needs to start accepting that addictions don't always revolve around chemical substances." He goes on to say that sex addiction is along the same lines as someone who is addicted to gambling. When are these people just going to stand up and just admit that they couldn't control themselves and keep their pants on. After all the Psychiatric Diagnosis Manual hasn't even made a reference to sex addiction.
Now, the so called addicts that have been "outed" have all been men and so far the public has just been very sympathetic to the men's "problem." Now, how would the public view the same situation if the sex addict was a woman? I guarantee the public would crucify her in the media. The woman would be called everything from a "whore" to a "slut" or perhaps worse.
These people just need to fess up to what they were really doing and move on.
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People do seem to blame others for their misfortunes and down falls. But I can see how sex can be an addiction and not only the physical aspect of it. It can be internet sex that gets people hooked. I get so many men on Skype trying to be my “friends” and just “chat.” I know exactly what they want to “chat” about!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. My husband heard about this a couple weeks ago and he said all men have a sex addiction, it's just how they handle it and react. I agree. And like you said a woman would get slaughtered in the media and it's sad. Like you said, they need to grow up and take responsibilty for their actions.
ReplyDeletePeople need to own up to their actions. I think one could be addicted to sex. However, that is not an excuse. There are many people who have had addictions and overcome them. I personally, think everyone has something they obsess over causing them to have an addiction. However, I think anyone can break an addiction. Thus, there really is no excuse.
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