nymphomaniacs
Those craving constant intimacy
Nymphomaniacs is the plural of nymphomaniac—a woman with excessive or uncontrollable sexual desire.
The term is dated and carries clinical overtones from an era when female sexuality was pathologized: The tabloids called her a nymphomaniac.
The male equivalent, satyriasis, never gained comparable currency.
Nympho is the common informal shortening.
Compulsive erotic excess
- compulsive behaviorUncontrollable repetitive action pattern
- paraphiliaAtypical sexual interest disorder
- sex addictionCompulsive erotic behavior disorder
- impulse controlRegulating sudden urges
obsession · erotomania · dysfunction · disorder · diagnosis · DSM · treatment · therapy
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- lustfulnessIntense carnal desire
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
obsession · insatiability · carnality · lechery · eroticism · sensuality · desire · craving
Delusion of being loved
- monomaniaFixation on single idea
- kleptomaniaIrresistible impulse to steal
- dipsomaniaPathological craving for liquor
- megalomaniaObsession with one's importance
pyromania · bibliomania · mythomania · egomania · hypomania · obsession · compulsion
Painful awareness of failure
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
ostracism · scandal · disgrace · slut-shaming · double standards · victim-blaming · condemnation · morality
Hostility toward women
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- double standardsJudging others differently than yourself
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
male gaze · hysteria · medicalization · inequality · gendered language · chauvinism · stereotyping · Don Juan
hypersexuality
Compulsive erotic excess
- compulsive behaviorUncontrollable repetitive action pattern
- paraphiliaAtypical sexual interest disorder
- sex addictionCompulsive erotic behavior disorder
impulse control · obsession · erotomania · dysfunction · disorder · diagnosis · DSM · treatment · therapy · trauma
promiscuity
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- lustfulnessIntense carnal desire
compulsion · obsession · insatiability · carnality · lechery · eroticism · sensuality · desire · craving · urge
erotomania
Delusion of being loved
- monomaniaFixation on single idea
- kleptomaniaIrresistible impulse to steal
- dipsomaniaPathological craving for liquor
megalomania · pyromania · bibliomania · mythomania · egomania · hypomania · obsession · compulsion
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
stereotype · ostracism · scandal · disgrace · slut-shaming · double standards · victim-blaming · condemnation · morality · puritanism
misogyny
Hostility toward women
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- double standardsJudging others differently than yourself
- objectificationReducing humans to things
patriarchy · male gaze · hysteria · medicalization · inequality · gendered language · chauvinism · stereotyping · Don Juan · frigidity