Why would encouraging someone to admit they are a sex addict be problematic?
a. An admission of sexual addiction may cause someone to go from one extreme, hypersexual behavior, to the other extreme, hyposexual behavior.
b. The concept of sexual addiction may diminish one's capacity to examine why and how they came to feel powerless against their sex addiction and what they can do to overcome their addiction.
c. The confirmation of a sexual disorder may cause someone to sink into a deep depression.
d. The diagnosis of sexual addiction may cause the sex addict to experience feelings of anxiety when presented with a sexual stimuli as a consequence of feeling powerless against their addiction.
Question 2
What is a ramification of a sex addiction diagnosis?
a. Spouses of sex addicts are less likely to obtain an order of spousal support if sex addiction, rather than an extramarital affair, is stated as the reason for divorce.
b. Diagnosing sex addiction provides precedent for pathologizing any number of sexual behaviors that fall outside of the scope of normal sexual behavior.
c. Diagnosing sex addiction provides a precedent for the government to criminalize sexual behavior and to restrict more sexual freedoms.
d. When diagnosed as a sex addict, a person may tend to take less responsibility for their own actions by deflecting blame onto the disease itself.
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