Can't disagree with this. I think that this thread has brought out members who are, to some degree, conflicted about what we do but that doesn't mean that everyone is. One person can see what they do as a hobby, another as a lifestyle, a third as an addiction. And as I'm learning here, it can even be all of those things over the course of a lifetime.
It all depends on what your conscience allows. In some cultures that I have been in, wives absolutely expect their husbands to go to the local public girl to blow off some steam and that is not even counted as cheating. But to have a girlfriend on top of a wife is frowned upon because of the split in devotion and dedication. In some cultures, if you are committed to staying together and maintain that social order, you performed admirably. And especially in the circumstances when the wife is no longer so interested in servicing her husband or if she is so involved with the lives of children and those around her. It really depends on the man's sexual psyche and the sexual demands of his body, emotions, desire and his age.
Prostitution is allowed in society because it confines a man's sexual madness to a safe place for release and limits rape and child-molestation and other social deviations.
We as men change. And awareness of where we are at this particular time in our life is an act of constant awareness.
(addiction is being caught in a habitual state of mind and emotion and failing to allow our awareness to intercede and contribute and be a present guide to where we are at this new moment in our evolution. Addiction retreats and attaches to a past pleasure for consolation and comfort, ignoring the possibilities present in this very new fresh moment of our existence.)
if we can see ourselves at a point of satisfaction with maybe less but have those experiences be rich, full and complete, then why hang on to the teenager mentality which is fueled by script drugs. (Viagra, Cialis, Levitra or other hormone enhancers)
But if we were cheated in youth by limited sexual experiences and find our sexual desires unfulfilled but our body mechanism is not as vim as it was in youth and we want to live out our youth again, then these enhancers are a great boon.
The goal is to have enough and be satisfied so that you are balanced and can move on to possibly a wider horizon of joy, awareness and contribution.
We are lucky to be able to have the wherewithal to navigate our lives and sexuality according to our needs presently.
Just be aware and don't get stuck in a habit that no longer really satisfies but is merely nostalgic in nature.
You are equipped to know the differences in your being and to find pathways to greater and greater levels of satisfaction.
Have all you want but don't get stuck.