According to Patrick Carnes,which Statement Best Describes Sexual Addicts

question 51

Multiple Choice

According to Patrick Carnes,which statement best describes sexual addicts? 

• A) Sexual addicts lack empathy and do not typically feel remorseful for their behaviour. 
• B) Sexual addicts are more likely to come from divorced families and/or experience sexual abuse as children. 
• C) Sexual addicts go through four continuous cycles related to thoughts of sex, preparation for sex, compulsive sexual behaviour, and feelings of despair. 
• D) Sexual addicts are typically married males whose partners are not sexually open and after a period of repression of their sexuality they end up being hypersexual.

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