another article on sex addiction
Dec. 24th, 2006 09:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snugglekittyWhile perusing the website of the fabulous Annie Sprinkle, I ran across this article. It seemed like an interesting followup to my post of a few months ago.
ETA: I was pondering the article while in the shower, especially with its focus on the idea of sex addiction stemming from a sex-negative mindset. It was occurring to me that a lot of the stuff on that list, if applied to something other than sex, would be immediately viewed as normal. Call it addiction to work, as an example. I've felt degraded at work way more than I ever have during sex, felt out of control of my work choices, etc. I've used work as an escape from my problems. I've subscribed to magazines about my work. But the difference is, everyone agrees that work is good (except for the Ice People) so nobody thinks there's a problem.
ETA: I was pondering the article while in the shower, especially with its focus on the idea of sex addiction stemming from a sex-negative mindset. It was occurring to me that a lot of the stuff on that list, if applied to something other than sex, would be immediately viewed as normal. Call it addiction to work, as an example. I've felt degraded at work way more than I ever have during sex, felt out of control of my work choices, etc. I've used work as an escape from my problems. I've subscribed to magazines about my work. But the difference is, everyone agrees that work is good (except for the Ice People) so nobody thinks there's a problem.