sexual anorexia
n.— «Your husband’s behavior is actually very common for people who have a sexual addiction. There is a term for it: Sexual Anorexia—he starves you sexually because he no longer needs you—he has videos which don’t demand anything from him. He has actors on a stage who seem to give him all he needs, and they do not expect anything.» —“Help, my husband is addicted to porn…“ by Lucile Zimmerman in Denver, Colorado Examiner May 29, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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