«THERE SHOULD BE COURSE IN FIRST GRADE ON LOVE»

"You want to know the surest way that you can spot a 'sex addict?' He's got a penis."

Bill Maher

Comedians aren't the only ones noting that the line between what people are calling "sex addiction" and normal male human libido is very fine, if not non-existent. I'm willing to grant that there's a problem if someone loses his job because he can't stop looking at porn, but I'm certainly not willing to grant that looking at porn constitutes cheating on one's spouse or is inherently indicative of some underlying pathology. I mean, where do we stop once we go wandering down that path? Is it cheating to think of someone else when masturbating? When making love with one's regular partner? When sound asleep, dream?

-Psychology Today
Feb 28 2010