Sex Remains the Most Deadly "Weapon" for Popular People

Since the beginning of recorded history, sex remains one of the most deadly weapons almost always effective to damage a person if not totally break him/her down.  This can happen among any person regardless if he or she is a politician, such as President Bill Clinton and IBF Chief Straus Khan, a sport stars, such as golfer Tiger Woods and basket ball player Cobby Brian, or a company executive  such as Mark Hurd from HP, or church priest and deacon.  This can also happen in any country regardless if it is democratic such as the United States and the Europe, or non-democratic such as China, if it believes in Christianity or Islam.

Although no one can give a explanation that satisfies everyone, three factors are essential: (1) Human needs sex and reputation, (2) popular folks are more likely to get sex but are also an open target for competing , and (3) social norms and laws protect human rights with regard to sex.  The first two factors are nature-based and the third factor is what we set up as a civilized society. It seemed that to protect the popular people and the victims alike, what we can do most is to revise the game rules.

You Say and I Say: Why About a Half of Marriages Break Down?

You Say and I Say: Why About a Half of Marriages Break Down?: "When a couple standing on the red carpet to swear their marriage in front of the cheerful audience, no one at that moment is anticipating th..."

Why About a Half of Marriages Break Down?

When a couple standing on the red carpet to swear their marriage in front of the cheerful audience, no one at that moment is anticipating that the marriage will have about 50% chance to break.  Eventually, about a half of marriages in the US break.  People have identified many causes, such as issues related to sexual life, religion, economic condition, personal interests, personality, etc.  Although these are important causes, it remains unclear why not 5%, or 10% or 80% of the couples divorced and why about 50%?

If we rank all men and women by their tendency to be in marriage from least likely to most likely, this will form a bell-shaped distribution, just like the distribution of the height and weight of all people.  We now assume that people are free to choose their marriage, this will ended up with a half of the marriage with a mismatch: either a man with high tendency to stay in marriage married a women with low tendency, or vice versa; and about a half with a good match.  While couple couples with a good match will stay in marriage, couples with mismatch will end up breaking down.

Addiction to Sex

Everyone knows sex is an important part of life.  It is also well known that men love sex more than women in general. But I have several questions:

If a man in his 50s still wants sex almost everyday, is this guy sexually addicted?

If a woman in the same age range does not want sex, do you think she is normal?

Any answers to these two questions will be greatly appreciated.