aquietguy wrote:
In this usage objectifying a thing is to remove humanity from the thing and become unable to empathize with it. We might laugh at our friend's joke but our friend is still thought of as a person. Whereas a person with a sexual addiction will only be able to see a potential sex partner as a potential source of sex and be unable to view them as a human being. Many problems stem from the inability to feel empathy to another person.

A psychological disorder is only thought of as a disorder when it begins to become detrimental to a person's life. In the examples you gave there probably wasn't a detriment. Moving to be with an important loved person, while life altering, would most likely be beneficial. While enjoying sex more than work is normal, repeatedly skipping work to pursue sex would become detrimental to a person's well being. A husband having sex with his wife several times a day would only be considered addicted if it was negatively impacting the husband's life.


I think your argument was dead-on in that addictions aren't about the object of the addiction but about the psychology of the individual. A person requiring excessive validation through sex is the same as a person requiring excessive validation through weight loss. The problem is needing excessive validation not sex or weightless.

Desidude666 wrote:
A psychological deficiency, that's what it actually is. People with such problems need to consult a psychiatrist. What can philosophy do to answer for the illogical? Yes, we are made to most efficiently mate and procreate biologically but sentience comes at a 'responsibility' to others - to be able to procreate at Will comes with social 'responsibility', don't assume that sexual activity to be merely a process of entertainment, it is a powerful process. You are Gods to an extent, capable of giving birth to a potential human being, a different personality. Should you consider this, your idea of intimacy changes, and probably 'cure' your misunderstanding over this addiction.

Don't take sexuality on such light assumptions, as made to believe by the media. While it does help maintain physical and mental bonds between mates (despite the limited utility value of a sexual and emotional inter-gender relationship) the process itself should always be regarded as primarily 'creation'. Should you disregard the importance of such an endeavour, you will always be not just addicted to it (as you can be addicted to alcohol) but also be responsible for giving life to others without proper 'ethical and moral' considerations.

On a more serious note, it's best to avoid the process if you have the Will. Such activities have no value at all to personal intellectual growth. No value whatsoever.