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The Myth of Sex Addiction (Paperback)
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The Myth of Sex Addiction (Paperback)
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The media today is filled with powerful men in trouble for their
sexual behaviors, and invariably, they are diagnosed as sexual
addicts. Since Adam first hid his nakedness from God and pointed
the finger at Eve, men have struggled to take responsibility for
their sexuality. Over the past three decades, these behaviors have
come to reflect not a moral failing, but instead, evidence of an
ill-defined disease, that of "sexual addiction." The concept of
sexual addiction is a controversial one because it is based on
questionable research and subjective moral judgments. Labeling
these behaviors as sex addiction asserts a false, dangerous myth
that undermines personal responsibility. Not only does this
epidemic of sex addiction excuses mislabel male sexuality as
dangerous and unhealthy, but it destroys our ability to hold people
accountable for their behaviors. By labeling males as weak and
powerless before the onslaught and churning tide of lust, we take
away those things that men should live up to: personal
responsibility; integrity; self-control; independence;
accountability; self-motivation; honor; respect for self and
others. In The Myth of Sex Addiction, Ley presents the history and
questionable science underlying this alleged disorder, exposing the
moral and cultural judgments that are embedded in the concept, as
well as the significant economic factors that drive the label of
sex addiction in clinical practice and the popular media. Ley
outlines how this label represents a social attack on many forms of
sexuality-male sexuality in particular-as well as presenting the
difficulty this label creates in holding people responsible for
their sexual behaviors. Going against current assumptions and
trends, Ley debunks the idea that sex addiction is real, or at
least that it is as widespread as it appears to be. Instead, he
suggests that the high-sex behaviors of some men is something that
has been tacitly condoned for countless years and is only now
labeled as a disorder as men are being held accountable to the same
rules that have been applied to women. He suggests we should expect
men to take responsibility for sexual choices, rather than
supporting an approach that labels male sexual desire as a "demonic
force" that must be resisted, feared, treated, and exorcised.
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