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Sex Addiction Panic! The Conservative, Religious Push to Pathalogize Sexuality

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. November 29, 2011.

The science behind sex addiction is "abysmal," says clinical psychologist David Ley. Why does the concept continue to resonate?

Too Much Sex? No Such Thing -- Why Sex Addiction Is Total B.S.

Raymond J. Lawrence, CounterPunch. March 6, 2010.

The idea of sexual pleasure as a harmful addiction parallels the most perverse aspects of Western religious history.

Bill Maher: Stop Saying Sex Addiction Like It's a Bad Thing

Bill Maher, March 1, 2010.

Sex addiction is not a real mental disease: not like delirium or bipolar disorder or any of the other things Glenn Beck suffers from.

What If You Can't Stop Having Sex, Even If You Really, Really Want To?

Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. February 20, 2010.

$150,000 on phone sex? 14 hours looking at porn without eating or drinking? Sex addiction is easy to mock, but the compulsive behaviors associated with it truly hurt sufferers.

Sex Addiction: A B.S. Excuse for Not Thinking

Michael Bader, AlterNet. January 19, 2010.

Sexual compulsions are real and they harm the person in their grip as well as others. But treating them like a problem -- something to be 'fixed' -- isn't working.

"Sinful" Sex Addiction: The Newest Way to Demonize Sexuality

Dr. Susan Block, CounterPunch. April 21, 2009.

Sex addiction has emerged as the 21st century version of sin -- the latest way to guilt people about sex.

Does Sex Addiction Have Any Basis in Science?

Cristian Bodo, American Sexuality Magazine. December 18, 2008.

The evidence is not compelling, and science has often been hijacked to legitimize social control.

Is Sex Addiction B.S.?

Dr. Belisa Vranich, Huffington Post AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. September 5, 2008.

Maybe what we need are groups to heal our shame about sex, rather than programs that only serve to reinforce our neuroses.