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Jesse James is the Latest Celebutard to Check into Rehab...

The definition of sexual addiction (as given by the all-knowing Wikipedia): the phenomenon in which individuals report being unable to manage their sexual behavior. It has also been called "sexual dependency," and "sexual compulsivity." The existence of the condition is not universally accepted by sexologists and its etiology, nature, and validity have been debated. Skeptics believe that it is a myth that the phenomenon exists as a disease or disorder at all and is instead a by-product of cultural and other influences.

There seems to be a cycle brewing in Hollywood lately. Man has wife. Man cheats (repeatedly, excessively, remorselessly) on said wife. Man’s wife finds out he is a scumbag. Mistresses go public, sell stories for cash. Man apologizes and checks himself into rehab for his sexual addiction. Wife forgives? Forgets? Beats him with a baseball bat?

What’s so funny about this chronology is that these guys that are doing all the philandering always seem to feel sad about what they did to their wives after the fact. But, are they sad that they hurt their wives or are they just sad that they got caught and the party is over?

Look at Jesse James, for example. Apparently, yesterday, Sandra met with divorce attorneys to begin the divorce process and what do ya know? James checks himself into a rehab center just 24 hours later, in the hopes that he would impress his wife with his commitment to get well. You know what bugs me more than these slimy weasels who lie and cheat? Slimy weasels who can’t even OWN it. Yes, you are a womanizer. Yes, you like having sex with random, easy women who fawn over you and stroke more than just your ego. Yes, you like the power you have over these women. But, then when it comes crashing down, instead of taking responsibility and own it, you act as if you are sick with a disease and check into rehab.

Now, some would obviously disagree, and I am not saying that sexual addiction doesn’t exist, but the true number is much lower than Hollywood is portraying lately. These men aren’t sex addicts, they just like sex and they don’t respect their wife or girlfriend. Charlie Sheen comes to mind, as well...That’s all that’s going on here. They don’t respect their vows, they are selfish and indulgent and like little boys, they got caught with their hand in the honeypot.

So, what is a woman to do? In this situation, if my husband came to me and confessed to cheating on me, I may be able to forgive him. If it was an isolated event, that was purely physical, and we had been married a long time with reasons to work it out. However, if I found out that he was sleeping with anything and everything that opened their legs, while I was taking care of his children, in the public eye, and the women started coming forward with their stories, I think that I would need to dip my body in bleach and then run to the nearest divorce attorney immediately.

So, are these guys really sick or are they just using this as a trendy excuse? I pick the latter, because they are afraid to stand up and be real men for once and take responsibility for their bad decisions, and face what’s coming. Like divorce court. Going into rehab is just a publicity stunt to try to smooth things over in the public sphere. Tiger is just doing it because of his golf career, and Jesse has received so much bad press (Nazi references, for example) that he probably felt the need to do something extreme to shift the focus. Charlie Sheen has the show he needs to protect and his sponsors breathing down his neck. You can go to therapy all you want boys and talk about how your mother didn’t show you enough love but guess what? The damage is done. All I know is, once a cheater, always a cheater!