But then that's because of your insecurity, not because of my different views.
Yup. That's pretty much what I've been saying. People are bothered by your choice of lifestyle because it makes them insecure. At least that's my guess.
Nowadays it just means excessive sexual desire on the part of a female, problably beucase the supposeded "phychological" term is now defunct.
Not according to the mental health section of the ICD-10. The word for sexual addiction is still nymphomania. I prefer the ICD-10 to the DSM-IV, so that's the word I'm going to use. Sorry if it makes you uncomfortable.
I don't think Maytag has any desease becuase of her hightened sexual nature and I resent the implication that a female with a high sex drive is somehow sick.
I didn't say being a slut was a sickness, I said I believed Maytag to be a nymphomaniac.
Also: you "resent"? Do you remember what happened last time you got emotional? Brion had to come tell us to shut up. I'm sure you're passionate about this, but really, try to keep it cool.
Also the idea that "she couldn't stop if she wanted to." is from you, not the comic.
I never said she couldn't stop if she wanted to. I specifically said on the last page that "even May says she could change when she's talking to Crest". But the fact remains that she's also
trying to stop having sex, and if she has to try then that means she has trouble letting go, which means it's an addiction. The facts:
1. She's so stuck on promiscuous sex that she describes the act of being monogamous as "cutting off a piece of herself".
2. She's so addicted to sex that she went behind Bern's back for years to cheat on her, even though it made her feel guilty to do so.
3. Moss is able to pick out people's weaknesses by looking at them, and for Maytag he sees the fact that she's promiscuous. She might be comfortable hearing it, but the fact remains that Moss' curse showed it to him, which means it is a weakness. A heightened sexual drive is not a weakness, but an addiction is.
4. Brion has used the word nymphomaniac a number of times to describe Maytag. You assume it was tongue-in-cheek, but I do not.
5. As I said before, Maytag fears she will grow to resent Bern if she tries to stop. Irritability is one of the most constant signs of withdrawals.
Maytag belives
Yeah, I'm sure she does. Rarely do addicts believe they're addicts. Especially young ones. "I could quit any time I want" and all that jazz. There's a reason the first step to quitting is admitting you have a problem in the first place, after all. May can come up with all the fancy ways to describe her addiction she wants, but they all sound like excuses to me.
I see nothing pathological about that.
Well, I'm fairly certain you're wrong, but feel free to believe whatever you like.