Feeling sexy? Blame the internet
• Amorous Web, Cyber Sex , • Sexual Health
Once upon a time it was comic books that psychologists blamed. Cheap paperbacks were called inspirers of sinister passion. And movies have always been damned for the mostly tame bit of erotic cheer they might carry.
Members of the German Society for Research on Sexuality (DGfS) got together and compared notes and decided that surfing the internet is causing a surge in human, mostly male, sexuality. Bad! Bad! You need to pay for some sex therapy!
Then again perhaps the web allows some people to find outlets that let them release some of their frustrations. And resources that let them have a better understanding of their uncommon - or maybe uncommonly discussed - erotic impulses. Some people may be feeling happier or at least less dissatisfied. All without listening to a self-important, not to mention highly paid 'therapist.'
Both German psychologists in private practice and clinics treating psychosomatic illness had been specialising to cope with demand.
Fliegel said about 75% of people who can no longer control their sexual instincts, are men.
Conference participants said the huge array of freely available sex sites on the internet and "talk-dirty" chatrooms was a major factor.
"Web surfers can use them anonymously and without being observed," said Fliegel.
"Sex obsession is behaviour that is learned. It's not inborn," he said.
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Posted by: Chris | October 6, 2004 02:44 AM