“I really, really want him. I’m not sure what move I’m gonna make to seduce him but I know that he knows I really didn’t call him over to study. So what if I don’t know him that well. This is college and I’m just indulging in college life,” as she justifies in her mind why it’s okay to sleep with a guy she barely knows. She slowly closes her book and leans over to whisper in his ear, “let’s switch subjects to some anatomy.” While some of us fanatasize and desire to journey freely into a night of heat and passion, most people don’t regularly try to capitalize every sexual thought that they have. However, there are some of us who do and are not able to discern between the pleasuring and aftermath of sex. Some of us become addicted, thus leading into a life of promiscuity.
Webster’s Desk Dictionary defined promiscuity as being characterized by or having numerous sexual partners on a casual basis. Men and women alike can both be classified as promiscuous depending on their sexual histories.
Surprisingly, there are reasons that people become promiscuous and sex addicted. According to FAQ’s: Sex Addiction (http://www.sexaddict.com/FAQ.html) “The biological addict is someone who has conditioned their body to receive endorphins and enkephlines (brain chemicals) primarily through reinforcing a fantasy state… psychologically, the need to medicate or escape physical, emotional or sexual abuse can demand a substance… spiritually, a person is filling up the God hole in them with their sexual addiction. The addiction is their spirituality; it comforts them, celebrates them and is always available and present. Then there is the sex addict who can be two or even three of the above reasons. In other words sexually promiscuous people use sex as a cover up or defense mechanism.”
Contrary to popular belief, there are people who disagree and profess that they simply enjoy having numerous sexual encounters with different people just for the thrill and excitement of sex with a different person. A female student (name witheld) says, “I’m a female that really enjoys having sex a lot and I don’t feel like it’s because I’m trying to supress a horrible childhood or because I have low self-esteem because I don’t.”
Sex is a beautiful thing. It’s the very essence of human existence. Since the beginning of time human beings have explored and experimented with the doors of sexuality. We want to know how it feels and why it feels so good to us since it’s as natural to us as food, water, and shelter. Yet, sometimes too much of a good thing is not always good for you.