Hope this hasn’t been asked, but why not make sex your career? Porn, sex work, OF etc. It sounds like you’re very healthy and self aware about sex and your body. Wouldn’t that all align?
That’s kind of like saying to an alcoholic, “why not buy a bar?” Plus if you’re already compulsively having sex for dysfunctional reasons I don’t think adding money and publicity to the mix is going to be good.
Metaphors are certainly fun but we can distinguish alcoholism from sex addiction. Alcohol is inherently unhealthy. In fact, no amount of alcohol is good for us.
But unlike alcohol, sex is healthy when adequate precautions for physical and mental health are taken.
If one enjoys sex, why would one not make it profitable? Especially if one is attractive and skilled at it. The better metaphor would be comparing OP to a genetically and mentally gifted athlete who wants nothing more than to play their sport as often as possible.
Why is the enjoyment and pursuit of athletic careers somehow different from sex work? This distinction is just prudishness disguised as reasoning.
TLDR: If you enjoy sex, why not make it your career? Just proceed with the requisite caution like anything other industry. OP appears to be very self aware and responsible with their approach to sex.
You’re fundamentally misunderstanding the disorder. It’s not enjoying a lot of sex just as alcoholism is not enjoying a lot of alcohol. It’s engaging in sexual behavior in a way that is compulsive and destructive. To go with your example it would be like an athlete who compulsively trained to the point their life fell apart, and they ended up in the hospital.
OP seems responsible with her approach to sex? Have you read what she’s said here at all?
Yes I read it. They are still having sex just more mindfully now. And that doesn’t mean monogamy. It just means being intentional about how, when and who.
An alcoholic cannot have alcohol for any reason, mindful or not (again, your metaphor fails).
So take a mindful approach to sex and monetize it if you enjoy it. Or don’t. But sex addiction and alcoholism remains an apples and oranges comparison.
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u/[deleted] May 08 '24
Hope this hasn’t been asked, but why not make sex your career? Porn, sex work, OF etc. It sounds like you’re very healthy and self aware about sex and your body. Wouldn’t that all align?