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Suave · 08-24-2005, 11:56 PM

Cranky: possibly. Feeling ugly: possibly. Self-esteem issues: possibly.

I wouldn't attribute these to being "withdrawal symptoms" as such, since those are normally in the vein of direct physiological dependancies upon a substance or activity. However, your sense of self-worth, attractiveness, confidence, and happiness are very likely tied into how often you have sex. There are constant messages from different areas of society about how sex/romantic involvement is the main goal in life, how people who do not have it often are in their position because they're not as 'fit' (in Darwinian terms) as others. It creates quite a stigma around lack of sex, and these values are likely integrated within the vast majority of the population to some degree.

In short: yeah, it's probably part of the reason, but not because you actually physically need sex in the same way you'd need cocaine were you an addict.

And yes, I realise you didn't need this long or detailed or tangental an answer. :P

08-24-2005, 11:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	Cranky: possibly. Feeling ugly: possibly. Self-esteem issues: possibly. I wouldn't attribute these to being "withdrawal symptoms" as such, since those are normally in the vein of direct physiological dependancies upon a substance or activity. However, your sense of self-worth, attractiveness, confidence, and happiness are very likely tied into how often you have sex. There are constant messages from different areas of society about how sex/romantic involvement is the main goal in life, how people who do not have it often are in their position because they're not as 'fit' (in Darwinian terms) as others. It creates quite a stigma around lack of sex, and these values are likely integrated within the vast majority of the population to some degree. In short: yeah, it's probably part of the reason, but not because you actually physically need sex in the same way you'd need cocaine were you an addict. And yes, I realise you didn't need this long or detailed or tangental an answer. :P __________________ "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato Last edited by Suave; 08-24-2005 at 11:59 PM..