Maybe if Tiger Used Oxytocin None of this Would Have Happened

So I'm kidding (mostly) about the title. But an interesting article just came out (link at the bottom) discussing sexual addictions. I can feel the eye rolls now…I know that's usually my reaction when I hear about some celebrity who claims that he's not really cheating because he is a sex addict. Uh huh.

Well, the interesting thing about the article I'm describing is its look at researchers' thoughts about what causes sexual addiction. For starters most (the article claims 90%) sex addicts are men. And why would that be? Because of how and when oxytocin is released in women:

“Women have a hard time believing that sexual compulsion exists because in part, they can’t relate to it,” says Ian Kerner, Ph.D., author of Sex Recharge. “During desire and sex, the female body produces higher levels of the feel-good chemical oxytocin, making sex more of an emotional act than it is for men.”

In other words, for women, this physiological response can act as a hormonal safeguard from developing an obsession…

Oxytocin builds trust and deepens emotional bonds. So even though I wasn't really serious about Tiger, I do sort of wonder how things could have been different if he had treated his sexual relationship with his wife more as an emotional connection and not so much as just a physical one.

To see the whole article click here.