2023-04-22 23:30:00
From harassment to sexual violence, hypersexuality is a priority public health problem. Protecting women and changing the culture that fosters these outbursts are essential elements, but understanding their origin is also a priority.
An instinct easy to sensitize
Badly controlled desire causes enormous harm. Like other instincts (hunger, fear, irritation), sexual desire can become hypersensitive, either through conditioning, social learning, or disinhibition.
Our desire and our behaviors of seduction are influenced by major forces such as the need for love, the desire to please and physical pleasure. It is also influenced by social pressures that repress or favor it. The possibilities of slippage of desire are therefore numerous.
Desire is linked to power and insecurity
There are many links between desire and power. Pleasing is a source of satisfaction and pride, but it is also a source of status and power. Pleasing is sometimes used to compensate for our insecurity.
Several triggers of desire are acquired by our youthful experiences, but also by the media and culture.
Charmers are encouraged by the pride and power that social success gives them. Some people become conditioned to the satisfaction of conquest even when they have little desire. Others get turned on by the idea of cheating or manipulating.
Narcissists can develop predatory behavior because of their lack of empathy and respect for others. In addition, for many people, social status is attractive, which can make the person more vulnerable and create a dynamic of abuse.
Social status and power increase the level of testo-sterone, which stimulates the brain circuits of desire in both men and women.
Desire can also be hypersensitized by increases in cerebral dopamine (success, admiration). Hypersexuality is observed, among other things, in bipolar disorders in the manic phase which include, among other things, an excess of dopamine.
Disinhibition
The excesses of desire are expressed especially when the restraints of judgement, respect or social inhibitions do not work properly. These inhibitions are reduced by alcohol and other substances. They are also affected by our personality traits, including impulsiveness, insecurity or narcissism. These traits can divert desire and healthy seduction into delinquent habits aimed at manipulating others.
The hypersensitization of desire also promotes objectification. One can be exhilarated at the sight of a bare shoulder or leg following a long winter. Some become hypersensitive to transgression and find it exhilarating to see what is not allowed (voyeurism) or to be watched (exhibitionism).
Pathological hypersexuality is sometimes observed when the portions of the brain that represent our social and moral codes are affected (concussions, dementia). Desire regulation circuits can of course be weak from birth or have been weakened by experiences (abuse, drugs, etc.).
Develop respect
Sanitation of sexuality and human relations obviously requires better social regulation (codes of ethics, optimal handling of complaints) and educational campaigns to counter incivility, disrespect and breach of trust. . In addition, there is an urgent need to develop emotional and social skills at home, at school and at work.
Everyone would benefit from knowing more regarding desire, its influences and its control to give it a healthier place in human relationships.
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