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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]]. | + | about [[sexual obsession]], which she equates with [[sexual addiction]] because: |
| + | #Addiction is a more accurate definition of sexual behaviors than are the purely psychological definitions. | ||
| + | #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 | ||
| + | #This approach offers us the opportunity of understanding the societal components of sexual addiction and the "commonness" of sexual addiction | ||
| + | #It offers hope and the possibility of recovery. | ||
| + | #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>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader?ie=UTF8&p=S00K&asin=0062548735 Amazon online reader] </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Books]] | [[Category:Books]] | ||
Revision as of 20:14, December 2, 2008
Escape From Intimacy is a book by Anne Wilson Schaef about sexual obsession, which she equates with sexual addiction because:
- Addiction is a more accurate definition of sexual behaviors than are the purely psychological definitions.
- 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
- This approach offers us the opportunity of understanding the societal components of sexual addiction and the "commonness" of sexual addiction
- It offers hope and the possibility of recovery.
- 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]
