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| VIEW EVENT INFORMATION: Scott Disick |
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The Complicated Truth About What It Means To Be A "Sex Addict" |
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About the person Scott Disick:
Art: Television, Modelling, Corporation
Genres: Celebrity TV, Reality TV, Socialite, TV Commercial, TV Personality, Commercial, Gravure Idol, Instagram, On-Camera, Fit, Entrepreneur, Founder, Media, Social Media |
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Notable Organizations: Refinery29
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| In the trailer for the new season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Scott Disick passionately tells the family: "I'm a sex addict!" This is a new revelation for Disick, and could possibly be his way of explaining certain behavioral patterns that have gotten him in trouble in the past — but is sex addiction really a thing?
"Sex addiction" (a.k.a. compulsive sexual behaviors, hypersexuality, hypersexual disorder, or nymphomania), can be a complicated concept in the clinical sense, because researchers debunked the idea that sex can be an "addiction" a few years ago. Most experts now agree that compulsive sexual behaviors exist (and can be very problematic), but they have trouble throwing around the word "addiction," because these behaviors don't present themselves in the same way as well-established addictions, like addictions to drugs or alcohol. "'Sex addiction' is widely used as a metaphor for out-of-control sexual behavior," says Eli Coleman, PhD, LP, professor, Director, and Chair of the University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality. "The term is misleading, and I feel it's unfortuante." The more precise term? Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB). |
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