No really! This big!
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has gone into therapy in the wake of the hooker scandal that swept him out of office, a Spitzer insider told The Post yesterday.
As part of the therapy, Spitzer will explore whether he has an addiction to sex, the source said.
From my post of March 10:
Right now Keith Olbermann is asking why Spitzer is still Governor of New York.
His guest, Wayne Barrett of the Village Voice, seems to think that violations of the Mann Act (transporting a woman across state lines for sex, carries a 20-year max fine) are making Spitzer try to cut a deal with the Feds that might offer his resignation in exchange for some leniency.
Barrett points out that Spitzer had a long and storied career as a prosecutor and tough law enforcer who had actually prosecuted high class call girl operations as well.
Also, Spitzer nailed people with e-mail chains and now has been undone in the same way. “It’s almost as though he wanted to get caught,” Barrett said.
So are we to expect that Spitzer will soon check into some kind of celebrity clinic for ’sex addiction?’
Apparently “soon” was 11 days or less.
By the way, how does one ever get ‘cured’ of a sex addiction outside of some form of castration? And even then, would your subconscious force you to dream about it?
Would there be some kind of chart detailing a decrease in the number of sexual encounters over time? Or would just having as much sex as you want with your wife indicate some kind of ‘cure?’
Or, maybe, this has as much to do with how a person’s ego handles power and/or uses sex as a substitute for a healthy self-esteem?
In that case, I suspect that millions of Americans are sex addicts.
But the really funny thing is that unlike many other psychological disorders, no one ever seeks treatment for sexual addiction until they get caught in some embarrassing incident which costs them something tangible.
And why is it that only men seem to need this ‘treatment?’ When is the last time you heard of a woman checking into counseling for sex addiction?
Power corrupts and absolute power apparently makes men very sex crazed.
Fear not Eliot Spitzer and everyone else with this, um, problem. Capitalistic science is working on sexbots who will look and feel just like real women and have sex with you. Whether having sex with robots will count as ‘cheating’ (then so would a host of other non-penetration sexual activity we won’t get into here), certainly the first company that can successfully market such a ‘toy’ will be rolling in profits.
Until the first malfunction. Just let your imagination run wild. Remember Westworld?
Could be very ouch-ie.
But you know, medical science, in the service of men’s sexual needs (like Viagra) can work wonders. I’m sure we’ll see sexbots marketed long before we have any more cures for the common ailments that kill us.
But it will be too late for Spitzer and his brothers in. . . arms.
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K // March 23, 2008 at 11:56 am
You’re kidding, right? Of course he’s buying high-priced call girls who look like fashion models, and… No, better than fashion models who, everyone knows, are chosen for their resemblance to young boys more than real women.
Did we think it was called “The biological imperative” for nothing? Imperative: unavoidable, inescapable, mandatory.
Our freakish society has such a twisted view of sex. We all love to be titillated with stories about other people getting in trouble for being caught doing what we ourselves would do, given the opportunity. Of course we publicly condemn them for what they have done because it just isn’t ‘acceptable’ or proper.
If you think we don’t love sex and thinking about sex just turn on your Thorazine dispenser and watch the advertisements. Count the ones that are sexual in nature or convey some kind of sexual message. Yes, the woman in a tightly fitted shirt and the subtle butt shots count.
Do you suppose these nationally televised advertisements are just randomly selected? Of course not. We just don’t like to think about the fact that they are specifically designed to catch our attention and hold it. These things cost huge amounts of money to produce. In terms of dollars per second they probably cost far more to produce than the shows that interrupt them. They are intended to be effective. What works best? Well, sex sells, doesn’t it? Why does sex sell? Because every living creature that reproduces that way likes it, that’s why. It is just that our Victorian era mores force us to deny it in public.
So, yes, he got caught doing exactly what he prosecuted others for. Is there anyone so naive that they are surprised by a politician’s disingenuousness? Not that knowing politicians are liars makes his actions any less morally reprehensible.
The fact is there is no rational reason for prostitution to be illegal. It is simply the twisted society we live in that causes it to be.
Prior to fertility clinics and genetic testing cheating was a good way to insure your genes got passed on. Anyone who thinks that women cheat significantly less than men is a fool. Women are just less likely to admit it even when guaranteed anonymity.
Cheating is a result of natural selection and is only controlled by an individual’s maturity and level of civilization. Civilized individuals consider the effects of their actions on other people. Animals consider only their own needs and wants.
Honestly, the whole topic disgusts me. The hypocricy shown by our reactions to this story is revolting. Look at the nationwide coverage of sex scandals and think about why those stories are so thoroughly covered. Then think about the publicly expressed reactions to them. Sanctimony of the highest order.
Yes, he does have an addiction to sex. It’s because he is human. Welcome to the species.
I have to go vomit now.
kegbot1 // March 23, 2008 at 6:39 pm
I think you missed my point. I no more think Spitzer has a ’sex addiction’ than anyone else. I think the whole thing is just to give a ‘therapeutic excuse’ to his private behavior.
No, I have nothing whatsoever against sex! Just hypocrisy.
K // March 23, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Nope. I didn’t miss your point. I wasn’t really addressing you. We apparently agree.
Now that I think about it everyone reading this probably agrees. (Except maybe those guys in Homeinvasion Insecurity, and they would too, except they are, “…just following orders.”
Too bad the people who don’t agree will likely never see this. Of course, most of them would have a tough time with the “big words!”
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