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DetlefK

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3. Nymphomania is an actual mental disorder, not "slutty" behavior.

Wed Dec 25, 2013, 05:17 PM

Dec 2013

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphomanie
(weird, there's no article on nymphomania on the english wikipedia)

The term has been replaced by "hypersexuality", because of too much cultural ballast: It depends on the culture whether sexual hyperactivity and promiscuity are regarded as something bad and where the line is drawn.
Nymphomania is listed as mental disorder by some psychological institutions, but not by others.

Unusually large sex-drive is considered one symptom of nymphomania.

An example for nymphomania is when someone is afraid to commit to a deeper relationship emotionally and substitutes the resulting lack of emotional contact with sexual contact. Sex becomes a drug.

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What makes a woman a nymphomaniac? [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2013 OP

I don't know what makes a woman a nymphomaniac rocktivity Dec 2013 #1

Nymphomania is a terrible term, hypersexuality is better intaglio Dec 2013 #2

Whatever term you use, it is a rather subjective thing. I mean as far as what's "excessive" and nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #4

In mental health terms excessive is anything that interferes with day to day living or intaglio Dec 2013 #6

Still somewhat subjective, I guess, but fairly common-sense-ical. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #7

I watched a show on sex addition one time ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #8

I agree with everything you wrote there. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #9

I'm ignoring Christmas until next week ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #10

Nymphomania is an actual mental disorder, not "slutty" behavior. DetlefK Dec 2013 #3

The problem is that it is used exclusively about women intaglio Dec 2013 #5

I used to work with a woman who spoke openly about her frequent masturbation. Flatulo Dec 2013 #11