The Sex Industry

Sexual addiction is a so-called medical condition whereby an individual is either medically or self diagnosed to be unable to control their sexual conduct. The phrase “sexual dependency” or “sex compulsion” is how sex addicts are categorized according to researchers.

The debate over the validity of sex addiction has become a hot topic in light of certain international celebrities and sports stars who’s wide spread sexual misconduct has become public knowledge, many of whom have taken refuge in sex addiction rehab clinics.

Even though medical researchers stop short of scientifically concluding such a medical condition is actually valid, many “sexually dependant” sufferers draw comparisons of sexual addiction to substance addictions including drugs or alcohol.

Sexologists are yet to reach any concrete conclusions as to whether sex addiction actually exists, or whether it’s simply a pathetic excuse for individuals to excuse their scoundrel like behaviour. Whilst the medical jury is still out, Professor Anthony Galloway claims sex addiction is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but as this issue stands right now, the general consensus is that sex addiction is nothing more than a myth, a cop out.

Myth or not, sex addiction has become an industry in itself; there are widely available sex addiction clinics in most developed cities across the world. Dr. John Stone, the owner of a sex addict therapy clinic in St. Albans, Sydney, published his views about the disorder based on six years of treatments handed out to patients.

“Not all people who come to my clinic for treatment are sex addicts. More than 65% of my patients can be successfully treated and counselled within the one-hour initial consultation at my practice. Certainly I agree that the majority of those who visit me are just over sexed men and women who have been sprung cheating then pay me a visit as a last resort through fear of being dumped by their angry partners, husband’s or wives. Incidentally, 82% of my patients are male, but who’s counting. There are however, a minority of my patients that in my professional opinion are most certainly addicted to sex. These individuals usually have a deep and dark history of sexual secrecy stemming back to a very young age. For me, it’s very easy to spot someone who is a serial cheater compared to a sex addict. The dependency will commonly begin in puberty but it can also evolve in later life.”

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The story of vibrators is every bit as thrilling as the devices themselves, reflecting science, medicine, design, technology, and social history. They were once used as medical instruments and are now used as sex toys.

The steam-powered “Manipulator” appeared in Britain in 1870. Hippocrates thought the womb wasn’t a fixed item but wandered about the body looking for trouble. At the moment of orgasm, it gripped the windpipe causing the breathless panting.

 In the earliest times women’s complaints were characterized by nervousness, fluid retention, insomnia and lack of appetite. Hippocrates thought that a blockage in the womb was the cause. Hence it was called hysteria from the Greek word for womb (hysteros). Galen, a Greek physician, claimed it was caused by sexual deprivation, particularly in passionate women, and was noted in nuns, virgins, widows and occasionally in married women whose husbands were not satisfying their needs.

Massage to paroxysm (orgasm) was the treatment. This treatment was preformed by doctors as treatment for hysteria. The trouble was that doctors regarded this treatment as tedious. Bringing a woman to paroxysm by hand could, understandably, take a very long time. And because it took so long, it wasn’t lucrative enough for doctors who needed to see many patients to achieve a reasonable income.

Masturbation (by either sex) was regarded as wrong in those days. It was not only thought to be immoral but something that was thought of as dangerous. “Women with hysteria should not resort to rubbing,” said Avicenna, the Muslim scholar and founder of early modern medicine. It was, he advised, “a man’s job, suitable only for husbands and doctors”.

By the late 19th century water treatments where introduced into spas to do the job more efficiently. In about 1860 what looked like a high-pressure fire hose (a scary French pelvic douche trained on the clitoris) was commonly used. It claimed to induce paroxysm in less than four minutes.

Given that many in the medical profession thought that as much as 75 % of the female population was “hysterical” and that it was a chronic disease which could be relieved but not cured. There was a pressing need for cheaper, less cumbersome devices.

By the mid-1870s steam power had been explored. “The Manipulator” was a table with a cut-out area for the woman’s pelvis. A vibrating sphere, driven by a steam engine, then did the work instead of a doctor. It was not suitable for the doctor’s treatment room due to its size. It was a niche market poised for exploitation.

In the early 1880s the first British vibrator was manufactured by Weiss Company. It had several interchangeable “vibratodes”. It was battery driven and delivered vibrations at the rate of 1,000-7,000 pulses a minute. Then the electromechanical version of the vibrator was designed with every sort of variation: portable, floor-standing, and the “Carpenter” vibrator, which hung from the ceiling, looking like a device similar to something found in a mechanic shop today. These machines were operated by doctors, which medicalised the process and made it entirely proper. But more importantly, the medical concepts of the 1800′s had been that a womans sexual pleasure involves penetration. A bit of rubbing by a doctor was perfectly acceptable because it didn’t involve putting anything in the vagina.

Early in the 20th century they were miniaturized somewhat in a manor of speaking. Hand-cranked versions became available, which presumably must have been very tiring and left users worn out long before satisfaction had been achieved.

Electrification made vibrators available in the home by Hamilton Beach of Racine. Hamilton Beach patented their first hand held vibrator in 1902. They were incidentally, electrified ten years before either the washing machine or vacuum cleaner. These machines were very large, with a big box attached and were likely very noisy.

The companies making these vibrators claimed they cured not just hysteria but also deafness, polio, and impotence. Names like Dr Macaura’s Blood Circulator and Veedee Vibrator were some of the more common names in those days. Good Housekeeping ran an ad in 1909 claiming they left a glow on your face.

Once this “treatment” had escaped from the medical arena and was available for home use, doctors stopped using it. Vibrators were widely advertised before the First World War. Then the invention of silent films, some of which portrayed them being used sexually, discredited them. Vibrators then disappeared from public view completely for the almost 50 years. Although vibrators continued to be offered, labeled as “neck massagers” in catalogues they were no longer an easy item to find.

 Hysteria, history’s most frequently diagnosed female disorder, was not officially removed as a disease by the American Psychiatric Association until 1952.

By the 1960s and the start of the sexual revolution, shops began to offer them again. This time designed for penetration and for pleasure use. These were largely bought in back streets or back rooms of shops. These vibrators were rather large, noisy, and very plain in appearance and still not well accepted by many.

Almost fifty years later they are being bought by men & women right on Main Street. Now much smaller, in many different colors, shapes, and designed for clitoral stimulation, g- spot and p-spot stimulation, even with realistic penis styles. They now come in every type of material imaginable, some so quiet you can hardly hear them; some are even rechargeable and waterproof.

They have become readily available now and can be found places that 50 years ago would have never considered selling such things. Common department stores now carry them, finger tip massagers and vibrating condoms at K-mart, personal massagers, clit stimulating cock ring and vibrating condoms at CVS drug store and Walgreen’s, dolphin massagers, vibrating cock rings, vibrating condoms and flavored lubes at Wal-Mart, and many other places you would never imagine sell them. Search for your self and see how many places carry them that you would never think of. Would most people want to go to Wal-Mart and scan a sex toy at the check out? Probably not, that’s why online shopping has become a favorite today.

The industry is growing every day to almost 12 billion dollars a year in the US alone. Stores like those listed above have began to realize they were missing out on sales to online sex toy stores and decided to get on board. They do not have a large selection like most online sex toy stores would have, but never the less they have accepted the fact that people want to buy sex toys and vibrators in the 21st century. So be a part of history in the making and go online and see for your self how far vibrators have came since their start almost 150 years ago.

Medical effects of too much sex

Is it well documented that too much sex (e.g. overdose of pornogaphy/masturbation or sex with a high frequency) can cause an overdose of brain pleasure chemicals and affect normal brain function? For instance is this more or less parallel to what happens in drug addiction?

Is this an argument against (too much) pornography? Yes.

The poor afflicted creatures are caled ‘teenage boys’.

The results speak for themselves.

But then, to a teenage boy, even linoleum counts as pornography. </xander> Anything that involves a lot of endorphines can become addictive.

“Too much” sex can also result in reduced sex drive and sore “parts” as well, but that’s kinda obvious. sex is good for the prostate gland. when you’re older, you should be having sex quite frequently. if not, your wife is trying to kill you. Overdose of everything is detrimental. The Pleasure mechanism is based on the chemicals called neurotransmitters and the sensitivity of their respective receptors.

Usually in oragasmic pleasure response, The neuro transmitter called Dopamine is involved. Also other chemicals involved are Oxytocin and Vasopresin. These chemicals usually stimulate the pleasure response in the emotional part of brain OR lymbic system. Also the memory links are created due to the effect of these chemicals on the cells called Astro-cytes, which guide the axon to form a new link. As we all know the memory functions on the basis of neuronal linkages.

The Threshold of stimulation is one of the important facet of every biological pathway. There are always positive and negative feedback mechanisms involved in controlling almost every bio-chemical process going on in the body.

Thus Over-sex causes extra stimulation of this pathway and increases the threshold level rquired for the stimulation of that pathway. that is, If level ‘ X ‘ stimulus is required for the stimulation of pleasure pathway OR pleasure cascade in brain in terms of sex, then that level increases to ‘ Y ‘, which is usually higher than ‘ X ‘.

Secondly, the negative feedback of the brain, especially, hypothalamus-pituitary-penis pathway is affected.
In normal circumstances, the sexual stimulus causes the hypothalamus to secrete Vasopressin which causes the blood vessels in penis to first relax and then contract, thus trapping the blood in the penile tissue, making it erect. After certain level of mechanical movements, this stimulation reaches to a certain level which inturn causes hypothalamus to secrete oxytocin. It causes the feeling of Orgasm and cause the smooth muscles in testes and penis to contract rhythematically. At the same time, the neurotransmitter called Dopamine is released in the brain’s lymbic system area.
All these chemicals working together in hormony and right order result in experiancing of Orgasm.

Over stimulation of this pathway causes temporary decrease in sensitivity of sexual stimulus. It is evident in Males with the lapse period after ejaculation.
This is one of the mechanism which is affected by too much of sex. The period of latency increases.

Thirdly, too much of Sperms are wasted. One sperm takes about 72 days to mature. ofcourse there are billions of them. But according to Ayurveda, The sperms are related to eyesight. Too much of sperm wastage MAY affect the eyesight in long run.

Dunno about overdose of pornography. It is strictly emotional. Unless it is acompanied by vigorous masterbation, with very high frequency, these efects cannot be noticed.

Sex is good for prostrate glands. But Not too much of it.

Also, it may decrese the sex drive of an individual. Quote: Originally Posted by Jesse Are you saying this is a permanent effect, or just a short-term effect of too much sex in a given time period? If you’re claiming it’s permenant, are you basing that on any studies? Again, are you saying this is long-term or short-term, and if you’re saying it’s long-term, what is the evidence for this? It is easy to find the reference for these pathways. Refer to any Physiology book. I like Guyton’s physiology.

The effects that I described in my post are ofcourse temporary. However, I feel that the cumulative effect of these temporary effects adding up may result in long term implications. The body returns to its normal activity after some time of latency. However this latency period increases with time.

The second reason is purely psychological. Mind does get bored when any activity becomes a routine activity. A person who has too much of sex, it becomes a mechanical act for him. Hence the inclination to do that decreases with time. Mind is linked with brain. The decrease in sex drive is ofcourse related to brain.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jesse According to this page Ayurveda is an “ancient Indian system of holistic health”–have any modern scientific studies suggested a link between “sperm wastage” and poor eyesight? Are you saying “too much” sex can be bad for the prostrate gland, or just that the beneficial effect levels off at a certain point? Ayurveda is a holistic apporach of medicine. Instead of treating a specific cell, it treats entire body. becoz According to Ayurveda, other parts of body cannot remain un-affected due to disease in one part. Hence it emphasises on treating whole body.The basic emphasis is given on Balance of everything.

Quote: Originally Posted by emphryio I also know that for a man, ejaculation causes a rise in testosterone in the short term. But it depletes the body of zinc. An average ejaculate has about 5 calories/1 gram of protein.
Personally I’ve found that what Bundini Brown said was true (he was one of Ali’s trainers) to get an erection and not ejaculate can increase physical strength. How much it does so, depends at least on the body part. Hamstrings/gluts are greatly affected, personally, vertical leap can increase up to 6 inches with repeated stimulation without ejaculation over the course of a week or so. Deadlift can improve by 35%. (Went from 395 to 485) Finally ejaculated and then couldn’t do 405.
The idea of abstaining for men to improve physical activity only works if the man is still getting erections. Furthermore there is a delayed effect. You can have sex the night before the big game. It’s the next day that the body will have a marked decrease performance. Also the fluctuation in strength can vary for different body parts, and surely does for different people also. I agree with that. The pleasure is accompanied by sudden relaxation of muscles. To attain this sudden relaxation, it is essential that the body must be primed to extreme work and stress. Everybody who has had sex will agree that there is tremendous stress involved before reaching climax.

This stress sucks lotta energy. Ofcourse it is essential to maintain the good mindset. But over-sucking of energy is detrimental.

The effect on mind are quite different from the effect on body. After a healthy sex, a person feels fresh and relaxed. He finds the mind at peace. I have no idea that what are effects of over sex on health of mind. The only thing that strikes me is decrease in sex drive due to the mechanical nature of the act. Quote: Originally Posted by premjan Is it well documented that too much sex (e.g. overdose of pornogaphy/masturbation or sex with a high frequency) can cause an overdose of brain pleasure chemicals and affect normal brain function? For instance is this more or less parallel to what happens in drug addiction?

Is this an argument against (too much) pornography? It would be an arguement if there were any real case presented.

Its a problem of people not understanding cause and effect. They see someone with a “sex addition” who had lots of sex, and assume that the sex is the cause, in spite of any scientific evidence!

A true “sex addict” is simply suffering from a specific Obsessive Compulsive disorder. OCD can take many forms. The common thread is that the need to do somethng is uncontrollable. The need will overcome any social or potential injury, the need becomes an imperative. When acted on the result is often described as intense near orgasmic relief. Probbaly the best account I can refer you to is an article written by David Sedairis about his compulsions from childhood through college. Anyway, this type of compulsion is the same regardles of if your brain is tellig you to lick the lightswitch, spin 23 times, or masterbate compulsivly. There are also varying degrees to the disorder ranging from debilitating to a minor annoyance (Ratey’s Shadow Syndromes is a great read).

Now, what are some causes? In children at least it has been shown that some forms of OCD are autoimmune problems associated with subclinical Step infections. The antibodies the body produces against the bacteria cross react with some proteins in the nervous system. a common treatment for children with OCD is a a throat culture and course of antibiotics. In adults it has to do more with GABAnergic systems rather than the dopamanergic systems inolved in addiction. With sexual desire you can also have a hormonal imbalance.

I don’t know of any credable study linking having frequent sex with becoming a “sex addict”. However because of cultural views when sexual activity is involved people make up all kinds of entertaining things.

In fact many studies show the exact opposite. Take a look at any psychological studies on women involves in the sex industry. many of which are addicted to other substances. You would think that they would be the most susceptable. But the end result is genreally sexual burnout and reduction of libido.

Anyway, here are the real things you need to worry about with sex and masterbation (in excess).

1- STDs. Even if in a regular monogomous relationship. Turns out that nearly 30% of reported cases of STDs in men may actually be caused by bacteria that is natural in some women’s mouths (medline iirc has a write up ont he article). Very low chance of getting the infection, but can happen to anyone.

2- Bruising, rugburns, etc. Use your imagination.

3- Blistering (if solo all the time, get some lube).

4- The very very rare very nasty stuff from accidents that involve a trip to the emergency room right away. (example, you can “break” an erect penis if bent with enough force.)

Other than that, don’t worry about it.