According to Wikipedia, sexual addiction is similar to any other addiction: the subject becomes preoccupied with sex. This is because, like any drug, sex “provides a quick mood change, works every time and the user loses control over their compulsion.” (Just wiki “sexual addiction.”) Now dear reader, Roxy doesn’t think that being a sex addict is a good thing, but being a little preoccupied every once in awhile will definitely provide you a quick mood change to relaxation and joy, and so long as you put the effort in and have a partner who is healthy for you, she promises that it works every time.

Sex addiction seems to be a common ailment among the rich and the famous, who go into rehab for their addiction, a la Halle Barry’s former husband, Eric Benet, whose sordid tale and subsequent admission into a clinic was all over the tabloids. Roxy’s pretty sure he didn’t have an addiction but was simply a cheater benefiting from his wife’s fame, but still, it takes a lot of narcissism or “confidence” to cheat on someone like Halle Berry. This is a narcissim that most normal human beings lack. Roxy dares to say that it wouldn’t hurt Stanford students to have some confidence and put their needs first in their sexual liaisons.

In a more specific form of sexual addiction, the individual is a sexual anorexic, a term that Roxy found to be very interesting. Apparently, the individual has a lot of anxiety surrounding sex and can only participate in behaviors that are anonymous, such as going to a strip club or hiring a prostitute. This fits the description of the now infamous governor Eliot Spitzer, but Roxy is pretty sure that this type of person simply fears commitment, not sex. In college, random hook-ups reign supreme, with the exception of those couples who have merged into one. Although society seems very concerned about this behavior, Roxy is never one to judge and is more concerned about the basic lack of sex that Stanford students are having.