“'Having sex five times a day wasn't enough'” http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-43921760
日本では「アルコール依存症」に再度注目が集まっているわけだが*1、「セックス依存症」*2の話。一方ではその存在自体が論争の対象となっているようだけど*3、2019年5月にはWHOの「国際疾病分類( International Classification of Diseases (ICD) )」にも組み入れられる見込みだ。
(英国における)一般的な傾向;
記事には、産後鬱*5を契機にセックス依存症に嵌まってしまった37歳の女性、買春のために1か月に何百ポンドも使ってしまうという60代の男性が登場する*6。
The Association for the Treatment of Sex Addiction and Compulsivity (ATSAC) *4said sex addiction is a growing problem.It said its number of sex therapists has doubled in the past five years to 170 and the majority of inquiries for help come from men.
A questionnaire completed by 21,058 people since 2013 on the Sex Addiction Help website revealed 91% of those seeking help for sex addiction were male.
The largest age group of 31% was aged 26-35, 1% were under 16 and 8% over 55.
ATSAC's founder member Paula Hall said the number of sex addicts visiting the Laurel Centre, where she is now clinical director, had quadrupled in the last decade.
See also
Paisley Gilmour “9 things sex addicts want you to know” https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/sex/a10213240/sex-addiction/
*1:See http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20180502/1525264751
*2:See eg. Relate “I’m worried that I (or someone I know) might be addicted to sex” https://www.relate.org.uk/relationship-help/help-sex/sex-common-problems/im-worried-i-or-someone-i-know-might-be-addicted-sex
*3:See eg. “Can you become addicted to sex?” https://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/3053.aspx
*5:See also http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20170308/1488985640
*6:前者は「1日5回やっても満足できない」というタイトルの由来になった人。