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'''Escape From Intimacy''' is a book by [[Anne Wilson Schaef]] | '''Escape From Intimacy''' is a book by [[Anne Wilson Schaef]] | ||
| − | about [[sexual obsession]], which she equates with [[sexual addiction]] | + | about [[sexual obsession]], which she equates with [[sexual addiction]]. In this book Schearf writes |
| − | + | {{cquote| First addiction is a more accurate definition of sexual behaviors than are the purely psychological definitions. Second, the addiction model offers us the possibility of understanding a range of sexual behaviors that have been subtly integrated into the society as normal yet not clearly discussed and understood. Third, this approach offers us the opportunity of understanding the societal components of sexual addiction and the "commonness" of sexual addiction. Fourth, it offers hope and the possibility of recovery. | |
| − | + | Finally, this perspective allows us the possibility of understanding that sexual addicts are human beings who are hurting, who have a progressive, fatal disease that wreak havoc an others and often does.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader?ie=UTF8&p=S00K&asin=0062548735. Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the ``Love'' Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships, Anne Wilson Schaef</ref>}} | |
| − | + | ==References== | |
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Latest revision as of 11:48, April 9, 2019
Escape From Intimacy is a book by Anne Wilson Schaef about sexual obsession, which she equates with sexual addiction. In this book Schearf writes
| “ | First addiction is a more accurate definition of sexual behaviors than are the purely psychological definitions. Second, the addiction model offers us the possibility of understanding a range of sexual behaviors that have been subtly integrated into the society as normal yet not clearly discussed and understood. Third, this approach offers us the opportunity of understanding the societal components of sexual addiction and the "commonness" of sexual addiction. Fourth, it offers hope and the possibility of recovery.
Finally, this perspective allows us the possibility of understanding that sexual addicts are human beings who are hurting, who have a progressive, fatal disease that wreak havoc an others and often does.[1] |
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References
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader?ie=UTF8&p=S00K&asin=0062548735. Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the ``Love Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships, Anne Wilson Schaef