Sexual Images in the Media: What Do They Mean to You?
Adaptation française : Les images à caractère sexuel dans les médias : que signifient-elles pour vous?
Sexual images are everywhere. Nudity, intimacy, passion, longing … it’s hard to escape the suggestive behaviours that are depicted nearly non-stop on our television screens, between the pages of our favourite newspapers and magazines, and on our computers.
So has all of this in-your-face coverage about sex resulted in more people becoming addicted to sexual behaviours, ranging anywhere from Internet pornography to masturbation to adultery and beyond? Maybe.
While it’s important to note that there is truly no such thing as sex addiction (an addiction is diagnosed when the person suffering with a behaviour actually experiences physical withdrawal symptoms when the behaviour stops), there is definitely such a thing as sexual compulsivity. That is, compulsively engaging in sexual behaviours, but not suffering from physical withdrawals when the action stops.
