I got a question. A nymphomaniac is a woman with excessive sexual desire but what is the equivalent word for a man? Or is this word based on the double standard that its OK for a man to be sexually promiscuous but not a woman? I know of a guy who I think is a nymphomaniac but I need a word for him but women seem to have monopoly on this vocab (ie nymphomaniac, whore, slut...). Are there any words out there for men acting this way?
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Mar-20-2006 19:39
EarnYourKeep
LIT
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: twentyonetwo
horny
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Mar-20-2006 19:40
Marc Summers
I must behave
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: New York, USA
Re: Nymphomaniac
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Originally posted by igottaknow
I got a question. A nymphomaniac is a woman with excessive sexual desire but what is the equivalent word for a man? Or is this word based on the double standard that its OK for a man to be sexually promiscuous but not a woman? I know of a guy who I think is a nymphomaniac but I need a word for him but women seem to have monopoly on this vocab (ie nymphomaniac, whore, slut...). Are there any words out there for men acting this way?
A promiscuous man!
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Mar-20-2006 19:40
Mr.Mystery
Static Guru
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Vantaa
Re: Nymphomaniac
quote:
Originally posted by igottaknow
Are there any words out there for men acting this way?
All men are like that by default. So, the answer is "average male".
In males the disorder was called satyriasis (for etymology of the words, see nymph and satyr). Satyriasis owes its name to the mythical masculine creatures of Ancient Greece, half man/half goat creatures known as Satyrs.
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