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Confusion in the Section on ICD

Hello, the sub-section referring to ICD in the part talking about "classification" is confusing as it refers to both ICD-10 and ICD-11 as "The most recent version of that document". These statements can not both be true can they? It may be worth clarifying what is meant here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pwatts2 (talk • contribs) 17:34, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Pwatts2: Changed. Tgeorgescu (talk) 20:05, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In the news

“Historically the term ‘sex addiction’ has been used by white males to absolve themselves from personal and legal responsibility for their behaviors,” one expert said. “It is often used as an excuse to pathologize misogyny.”
— NBC News, 'Sex addiction' isn't an actual disorder, but white men often get excused by using it, experts say

Quoted by Tgeorgescu (talk) 16:35, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Hotpine: Regarding Apryl Alexander, an associate professor at the University of Denver, provides no primary source information, therefore it cannot be verified, that's not what WP:VER means. We do not have to second guess associate professors. tgeorgescu (talk) 20:48, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Tgeorgescu: I wasn't referring to WP:VER. I was referring to the fact that it's a bad source. You can't just write whatever you want, and then pat yourself on the back because it appears in a (bad) secondary source somewhere. The source shows clear bias, and my point was that the source doesn't provide any primary sources to demonstrate that it's correct despite the appearance of bias. In the absence of any information from sources biased in other directions, the reader isn't being provided a balanced and neutral POV, and so it wouldn't serve their interests to leave the article as-is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hotpine (talk • contribs)

Right, we are not "unbiased", but we have a WP:GOODBIAS. tgeorgescu (talk) 06:30, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for spamming my talk page, I guess. According to the "yes, we are biased" content you posted there, sources should essentially be scientific. One biased scientist talking out of their butt, and being quoted in a biased article, is not a reputable scientific source. If you can find a scientific journal dumb enough to publish their words verbatim, then great, we can quote and cite that instead. Until then, this is biased, pure and simple, and not in the WP:GOODBIAS way. It's just as bad as homeopathy and the other pseudosciences listed there. Hotpine (talk) 01:45, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Belated reply: it is not a medical claim, not even a scientific claim. Maybe it would pertain to law science. So, WP:MEDRS does not apply to it, nor is a scientific paper required for it. It is just a journalist quoting a professor about an often-used defense for white male felons. It's not rocket science to notice that such defense was often used, especially since the professor is specialized in forensic psychology, and we may presume she knows what she is speaking about without having need of peer review.

It's not even a statement that sex addiction does not exist, only that those people have pleaded often to be sex addicts. tgeorgescu (talk) 21:09, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Effects

What are negative effects of sexual addiction? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seriousnes (talk • contribs) 22:03, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We don't know if sexual addiction even exists. tgeorgescu (talk) 07:59, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Donald Hilton

Can we include dr Hilton here Jm33746 (talk) 15:53, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

AFAIK he is a neurosurgeon. His area of expertise does not include sexual "addiction". You are gently reminded to obey WP:MEDRS. tgeorgescu (talk) 17:12, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And Hilton is an anti-pornography activist, i.e. he wants to ban all pornography, even when consumed with moderation. tgeorgescu (talk) 07:57, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]