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Monogamy is a Mental Illness

Psychologists claim that they are scientists.  They brush aside its recent history of shock therapy; or of psychology's classification of homosexuality as a mental illness.  Yet today Tiger Woods apologized to all for having a normal male sex drive.  He is not a man; he is a sex addict.Where are the psychologists defending Tiger Woods?  Where is the push-back against the "sexual addiction" that Mr. Woods does not suffer from? Who is mentally ill: Tiger Woods, for having sex with dozens of women, or Elin Nordegren, for thinking that Tiger wouldn't?  And why isn't Elin Nordegren declared mentally ill, for demanding that Tiger Woods - who is desired by many women - belong solely to her?  Isn't monogamy a mental illness?  After all, what is this human need to possess one person?  Is that not pathological?  Is it not unhealthy to demand that a person totally commit to you and you alone?  We teach our children to share, but we assault our lovers for sharing themselves with others...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 19, 2010 (boomark / email).