Is It True or False That Sex Can Be an “addiction?”?

Question by Louiegirl_Chicago: is it true or false that sex can be an “addiction?”?
i personally don’t think that it is true that people have “sex addiction(s).” i think that eventually we may get to the point of putting it out of our heads that anything that is “sexual” (even dancing and mention of bodily parts) is bad because that’s the puritan way. the puritans refused to allow their young adult children to dance, and the adults found it disgusting too!

do you believe that sex is TRULY addictive to some people, and if yes, why, what proof can you cite? is there REALLY anything wrong with adults that like to have sex 2-3 times a day? reproduction is what’s happening all over the world, all the time. reproduction needs sex. sex and eating are the two major reasons for a massive release of dopamine, the pleasure neurotransmitter, in the brain.

if sex were not governed by a thought that something is “naughty” or pleasurably “dirty” about it, do you think that there’d be so much crude cybersex talks to you by a stranger on your instant messenger?
know this: both americans and brits think sex is dirty and both of these cultures believe that sex can be an addiction. other cultures, less christianized/puritanicalized, believe the way they act: which is that they have sex often without worry over addiction to it.

too, so many surveys have shown us that all men think of sex about 50 times a day (which i believe is normal–if a man does not have a strong sex drive, then he is not a man), and that a lot of women think of it at least 10 times a day.

psychiatrists have stated that admitted “sex addicts” tell them they had unusual childhoods in which they were forced to have sex with their parents, teachers, etc. if that was so traumatizing, why would they think that they are sex addicts as adults because they happen to enjoy sex?

are you a sex addict? they say that sex addicts like sex up to 3 times every day, but i counter that with it being dependent on age.

does sex addiction mean that you never think of anything else
if you get your work of the day done and still have sex 2 – 3 – 4 times every day, unless it causes pain for you or your partner, why would it be considered as something bad? i guess it may be bad if all you do is lay around in bed all day long without working, having sex constantly. but michael douglas, an admitted “sex addict,” has tons of money, so he can afford not to go to “work” like others do: all he has to do is practice saying his lines at his own pace, whenever he agrees to take a part.

and, why do you think that eating is okay, but that sex is not? if each one of them is for survival and each produces the same amount of the pleasure neurotransmitter, dopamine, in the brain, why is sex an addiction?

i also think that to believe that sex is “dirty” or “naughty” or “bad” reflects the puritanical founding of the usa. those people came from england, as you should know.

europeans don’t seem to be hung up on sex–they don’t say they are addicted. why is that?

Best answer:

Answer by Bare Bear
Yes it is addicting. Simply put, there have been many times that I didn’t want to have sex but when the opportunity “arose”, I did anyways.

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