As a psychologist, I specialize in working with what has come to be known as sex addiction. It is difficult to work with this population without stumbling into related issues of marital infidelity as well as sexual exploitation. I want to propose that although all of these areas of concern have things in common (like sexual behavior) they are distinct in their own ways. For example someone who has an affair might not be a sex addict and is not likely to be exploitive given the mutually consenting nature of an affair.
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