Sexomania and Other Fast Foods from Google



2009 November, 3rd
Phil Butler
Phil Butler
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Everyone knows by now, sex sells. Well, everyone should have known this for perhaps 200,000 years. Any way, in scooting past the various Google tends today, I ran across an interesting one (#11 currently) called Sexonmania. Of course, like everyone else, I was curious. As it turns out the term refers to a sleep condition where individuals engage in some physical sexual activity during REM sleep. So, I thought; “Why is everyone searching for this?” Is Google a fast food outlet for sex starved people?

First, perhaps I had best suggest the implications of sexomania. Basically, this condition manifests itself by the “sufferer” pretty much either resorting to masturbation, or in the classic example – pretty much jumping on the nearest warm body in proximity. In extreme cases, obviously resorting to some form of sexual assault? Yes, sometimes even holding down their “victims” in the performance of this REM fantasy. Supposedly, the situation is relatively rare, but none the less a reality.

slapGoogle As A Clinical Sex Tool?

After reading the particulars about sexomania, and discovering that it is likely a fairly common reaction to suppressed sexual desire, another thought crossed my mind; “Did all those Google searches result from people actually experiencing sexomania first hand?” I then got an image of a couple hundred thousand college students being awakened by their room mate (male or female) slapping the taste out of their mouths in the middle of the night. Accordingly, looking up what the heck went wrong (or right depending). The latent question; “Do I have SEXOMANIA?” Of course everyone should reason that Google users have not pent up sexual desires. They release them all looking for naked pictures and peephole videos, right? Google sex searches after all, would seem therapeutic.

google couchGood News for Sexomania Sufferers

Whether Google sex searches are help or hinder acute sexomania, not all news about the condition is bad. Obviously and anyone suffering from this REM neural hyperactivity can benefit sometimes if the conditions are right (one case in point, if their room mate is not a middle linebacker for the college football team). The suggested “victim”, in some reported cases, also stands (or other positions) to benefit. In some reported incidence those “leaped upon” by their significant others, actually found their partners to be less inhibited, and how to put this – wilder.

So, sexomania as a Goggle trend may never be fully understood, but one thing seems clear – if it has anything to do with sex, Google users are looking for it. This capacity reminds me of life back in “the day” for us adolescents. Back then searching everything from the phone book to the Sears catalog was what one could term “normal adolescent behavior”, so the good news for Google is that everyone searching this stuff is not some pervert – many may just not be able to buy anything advertised via Google Ads yet. I guess the real question here should be; “Does drive in window sex from Google cause more or less sexual frustration?” Perhaps only those on the receiving end of sexomania can tell?

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Phil Butler is editor-in-chief of Everything PR and senior partner at Pamil Visions PR. He’s a widely cited authority on beta startups, search engines and public relations issues, and he has covered tech news since 2004. Phil wrote in the past for ReadWriteWeb, Mashable, Profy, SitePoint, Search Engine Journal, AltSearchEngines. Follow Phil on Twitter or send him an email at phil [at] pamil-visions [dot] com.

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