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Is Sex Addiction Real? (The Frisky)
Aug 29th, 2008 by Viviane
All across the Internet, headlines are hollering: “David Duchovny: SEX ADDICT” According to Duchovny’s camp, the actor checked himself into rehab for sex addiction this week. . .
. . .While no one knows for sure what Duchovny’s issues with sex are, the story begs the question: Is sex addiction even real? According to Dr. Marty Klein, a marriage and sex therapist, sex addiction is a myth. As Klein sees it, so-called sexual addiction is merely a symptom of deeper psychological issues, and the term is a “destructive and irresponsible” misnomer. “That’s because there is no such thing,” he writes. “Virtually no one in the field of sexology believes in the concept of ‘sex addiction.’” He adds: “The concept of ‘sex addiction’ is a set of moral beliefs disguised as science.”
I’m so glad someone has said this. I remember when there were several Oprah episodes about porn addiction. What’s porn addiction? Your husband jerks off to porn? Big whoop! None of it seemed like addiction to me. It just seemed like it was an offense to people who don’t want to believe their partners might find someone else attractive.