Aberrant sexual behaviors are called that because they tend to be something that is on a self-destructive path. While some may start out rather benign, some start with a very dangerous action and proceed unto death. The bottom line is this: if the act is harmful to anyone in the process it is definitely aberrant and if the person cannot orgasm without that particular behavior, it is a mental illness.
Face it, humans are overly sexual creatures. The human animal does not have a 'season' but is rather like a cockroach: ready to go at any time. Humans are also wildly inventive, which can get them into trouble. If you knew how many people end up in the emergency room because of engaging in sex while driving you would be truly shocked. Animals just do not do the crazy things that humans think of as turn-ons. Well, at least I don't think they do-I've never heard of sheep dressing as humans to add excitement to their coitus.
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Humans don't even have to have partners to get into some pretty risky business. Emergency rooms have plenty of instances of teenagers who have stuck their appendages into vacuum hoses and mid-aged men who have stuck various objects 'where the sun don't shine' and had to have them surgically removed. The usual clue to such an adventure is the explanation of "personal problem" on the ER intake form. Then there are the instances of braces getting stuck on penile piercings, too much Viagra causing erections that endanger blood supply and women who think their tampon has been driven up to the brain because they forgot to remove it before an ardent lover jumped on.
While most people in the emergency room have seen enough strange sexual problems to not be surprised, there is still some eyebrow raising that goes on. If you wonder why, it has to do with the medical training in all of us that draws the line between kinky fun and mental illness. Of course, some of the escapades do provide quite a bit of humor and even the patient has to laugh about how it all happened.
There are even horrifying ones, like the tiny women who are tied to the bed, splayed out and unable to get loose, with an overweight heart-attack victim dead on top of them. Some live, some don't. There are some people who suffer strokes during sex (not that kind of stroke-the cerebrovascular accident type!), which leaves the partner feeling guilty for a lifetime. Of course, some people may want to leave the planet during sex but dying is never a pretty end to the act.
There are so many problems with the way humans engage in the sexual act but it all comes down to having a willing partner. There is always a match for everyone, no matter how weird, and they will find each other somehow. Humans just gotta' have it, even when old and gray...and that is one of the last desires to go. Why not-we might as well enjoy it as long as we can, right?
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Weird Sex Is a Human Trait Traitt
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