Sexual Escapades of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tiger Woods Gets Attention of American Psychiatric Association, But Men Will Be Men
The American Psychiatric Association is considering adding a new term called “hypersexual disorder” – or DSM-5 – to its next addition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (to be published in 2013).
The fact they have created the term in the first place is nuts and now that they are contemplating making it a true mental disorder borders on the ridiculous. Surely they have have other mental issues to consider?
Schwarzenegger, Woods, Bill Clinton and other high-profile people don’t have any a “hypersexual disorder.” What they have are male hormones, and they are certainly not the only ones with that condition. Just go to a college Spring Break, or any type of party event or festival (JazzFest in New Orleans comes immediately to mind).
The fact of the matter is that men are hunters. And these men – like most men – were hunting.
Woods – or his handlers – cleverly created this ruse when he had his nice little incident with a golf club away from the course with his angry wife on one memorable Thanksgiving weekend. He claimed to have “sex addition” and even checked himself into a clinic to deal with this “problem.” Here’s Tiger’s problem (and Arnold’s and Clinton’s, too): He’s rich, popular, a celebrity and women throw themselves at him as if they were range balls. What normal male would not respond in the same manner? (To his credit, Schwarzenegger claims no such “addiction.” Not yet, anyway).
The big issue, of course, is that these highly-energized males did not change course once they got married. Part of that is the power of being a celebrity; they just don’t think normal rules apply to them. They are surrounded by people telling them how invincible they are and they start to believe the talk. To hide behind some disease is not an admission of bad behavior, but is to blame it on some condition they claim is out of their control.
Did Charlie Sheen, another high-profile celebrity with a womanizing nature, claim he had a problem? Like him or not, he was honest in his assessment of himself, saying he has money, fame and he likes the company of women. Decades earlier, Joe Namath said much the same thing (“I like my Johnny Walker Red and my women blonde” was Broadway Joe’s famous line).
This is not to take away from people who do have a serious disorder. Rapists, perverts and sexual predators and child molesters are mentally flawed and should be registered, monitored and throw in jail when they strike.
Paying attention to those people and those conditions, instead of trying to “treat” people like Arnold and Tiger by categorizing them by as DSM-5, is where the APA should be focusing its energy.
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