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Hello everyone,

welcome to Factually.

I'm Adam Conover, and here's a story you've heard before. A famous man gets in trouble

for cheating on his partner. Of course he doesn't want to look like a jerk in the

press though so here's what he does he comes out and says no, no, no, I'm not a jerk.

I'm a sex addict.

See, by using the language of addiction, he's able to medicalize his problem, seek treatment,

and absolve himself, right?

Because he's not, he's not just an asshole, he had a disease.

And here's the thing, if you've got cash, there's a network of scientifically dodgy sex addiction

centers who are just waiting to help you launder your reputation.

We have seen this story play out again time and time again in the press.

Just take Anthony Wiener to take the example of one famous Dick.

The truth about sex addiction though is that it isn't really

an actual medical thing. Now look of course it's possible to have sexual

behaviors that are bad for your personal or professional life, right?

You can totally fuck up sexually in a way that is damaging and it is quite possible to want to

seek help with that.

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