Case Study:
The court case goes back to September of 2008. The incident was on July 31, 2008, when Chiu Yu-kit, a journalist at ATV had to quit his job after being caught masturbating on a public bus without any clothing at 1am. Yu-kit commented, "there wasn't anyone on the top tier and I was doing it out of stress".
The case was closed with a fine against Yu-kit for 1,000 HKD and recommendation that he exercise more frequently to manage his stress levels (details). Judge Lam asked him to talk with an expert and Hong Kong doesn't really have many expert opinions on this matter.
Numerous cases like these fall under anger/stress management and people often call the office number +852 2893-3367 to schedule appointments to talk about private matters that are of concern before they happen. Sandra or Yui will let you know my schedule/availability.
Class Notes:
For students: This public case should allow you to think about the stress level of the metropolitan society. Your examinations will not have right/wrong answers with the exception of facts. When citing examples, make sure the case is publicly filed with references. Fabricating news materials will result in failure.
Reading materials:
(1) Hypersexuality has been defined as the subjective experience of loss of control over sexuality (Catalan and Singh, 1995).
(2) It is known to be associated with mood, impulse and compulsive disorder (Coleman and Kafka, 1991) .
(3) It must have biological factors such as brain injury involving septal nuclei (Gorman and Cummins, 1992) and dementia (Potocnik, 1992).
(4) Sexual addiction is synonymous with hypersexuality, which is defined as a condition in which some form of sexual behaviour is employed in a pattern that is characterized by two key factors: (A) recurrent failure to control the sexual behaviour and (B) continuation of the sexual behaviour despite significant harmful consequences (Goodman, 1998).
(5) Kafka (1991) defined non-paraphilic sexual addictions as culturally acceptable sexual interests and behaviours that increase in frequency or intensity so as to significantly interfere with the desired capacity for a sustained intimate sexual relationship. These behaviours may include compulsive masturbation, dependence on anonymous sexual outlets like pornography, or telephone sex, and repetitive promiscuity involving using people as sexual objects.
Current Medical Treatments:
(6) Serotonin, Androgens and Hypersexuality (post treatment with estrogen, do you feel there would be any side effects to the individual?)
Medical Controversy:
(7) Joycelyn Elders, first black U.S. Surgeon General, was targeted for her approach that masturbation should be taught in schools as a means to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. She said, "You can't educate people who are not healthy. But you certainly can't keep them healthy if they're not educated." (CNN article)
Thought provoking questions:
(8) If so many abnormalities in hormonal levels can lead to hypersexuality, then the possibility of imbalance should be addressed from levels such as hormonal-mimetics (chemicals that are not hormones but act like them in our system) in our water supplies, food, ecosystems (i.e. insecticide, fenoxycarb) as well as detrimental side effects of pharmaceutically modifying natural compounds such as horny goat weed: icariin thus preventing full metabolism and permantizing hypersexuality. An external environmental (food, water, chemical contaminants) vector could be the cause if autistic children are experiencing hypersexual tendencies (autism&hypersexual abstract).
(9) Is Yu-kit's case legitimately addressed by the courts, by quiting his job, by exercising? Some experts believe the next level in society is to follow Rome. If #8 is true, our methodology of treatment if flawed. Furthermore, Yu-kit was never evaluated for bipolar tendencies (hypersexuality has a strong link with bipolar), for adrenal gland hyperfunction, cancers (adenoma). In the Netherlands (a place where multiple feminizing toxins are found), you have websites for women PSAS (Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome) and RGS (Restless Genital Syndrome).
(10) Sexual equipment and international websites are being marketed as outlets that will reduce crime and promote mutual relationships In the United States, surveys indicate 76% of young adults agree that pro-masturbation is a better pathway for tension relief. Is this proper management of societal issues?
(11) Articles (Times Online UK) from a researcher discuss how wealthy men give women more orgasms and Pollet & Nettle both believe female orgasm is an evolutionary homing device that allows women to be rewarded for finding better survival mechanisms. Do you believe this research article and these websites (Mutual Partnerships/Sugar Daddy, Masturbation Passion etc) should be advertised together under similar keyword searches? Does Hong Kong/public media enable cases such as Yu-kit to recover or make it more difficult via embarassment tactics?
(12) Placement of the advertisement is indicative of the buy/sell aspects of who will be more likely to make a purchase when viewing the news. In Hong Kong's Standard, it is believed to be those who are young, going to schools or in the business/financial industry.
