Nymphomania is not an illness
Aug 19, 2009
<b>Grain of science</b><br>Nymphomania is not a disease or a clinical condition. In common lingo, it is generically known as “promiscuity.†But nymphomania is a word that refers specifically to women who have an “excessive†or “insatiable†se
Grain of science
Nymphomania is not a disease or a clinical condition. In common lingo, it is generically known as “promiscuity.†But nymphomania is a word that refers specifically to women who have an “excessive†or “insatiable†sex drive. For men, the equivalent is known as Satyriasis or Don Juanism.
However, the term “nympho†is often used in a derogatory way. In some instances, a woman may be called a “nympho†because she actually shows and confesses that she enjoys sex. But in other instances, a woman might get stuck with this label by a partner who feels inadequate about his or her sexual desire or performance.
Levels of sexual desire vary, as does the way they are perceived. But in a more responsible explanation, nymphomania can be used when having sex is seen as a woman’s sole priority, resulting in the neglect of other important facets of life; (e.g. work, socialising and sleeping). That is when sex becomes an addiction or compulsion.
Sexual addiction and compulsivity include any sexual behaviour when had or done in an obsessive, uncontrollable, and/or irrational way that can become self-destructive. People with this diagnosis feel, and indeed may have, little or no control over sex. These require medication.
Nymphomania is not a disease or a clinical condition. In common lingo, it is generically known as “promiscuity.†But nymphomania is a word that refers specifically to women who have an “excessive†or “insatiable†sex drive. For men, the equivalent is known as Satyriasis or Don Juanism.
However, the term “nympho†is often used in a derogatory way. In some instances, a woman may be called a “nympho†because she actually shows and confesses that she enjoys sex. But in other instances, a woman might get stuck with this label by a partner who feels inadequate about his or her sexual desire or performance.
Levels of sexual desire vary, as does the way they are perceived. But in a more responsible explanation, nymphomania can be used when having sex is seen as a woman’s sole priority, resulting in the neglect of other important facets of life; (e.g. work, socialising and sleeping). That is when sex becomes an addiction or compulsion.
Sexual addiction and compulsivity include any sexual behaviour when had or done in an obsessive, uncontrollable, and/or irrational way that can become self-destructive. People with this diagnosis feel, and indeed may have, little or no control over sex. These require medication.