A lot of people are aware of “nymphos” as they are commonly called. Nymphomania is a fairly common ailment in which a woman’s sex drive is extremely high. And while having a high sex drive is not necessarily having nymphomania, it has the two distinct symptoms of having little interest in discriminating between different sexual activities, and having an equally indiscriminant view of their different partners (and nymphomaniacs tend to have a very large number of them). And while there is most likely a biological basis for desiring a large amount of sex, often times this is as a subconscious result of having been molested as a child. While the desire may show up completely consciously, the motivations for it are often hidden beneath the surface.
Nymphomaniacs are often very flippant about the types of sex that they are having, the partners that they are having it with, and anything else regarding the “sensible” parts of sexuality. Often they do not care if they use protection from diseases, or even if they use birth control. Their primary desire is to experience the stimulation of sexual excitement, pure and simple. Adding additional complications on top of that would only be a distraction to that overriding purpose. But of course, this is not just about pleasure for its own sake.
In a very large number of cases, the nymphomaniac is a woman whose girlhood was marked with sexual abuse. While she might not think anything about it, or may play off the early abuse as something that is ancient history, it does continue to color her attachment to (and pursuit of) sexuality. After all, the early abuse may have been by a man whom she trusted and loved. With such a basis, she may be subconsciously associating the acquisition of sex with being loved, accepted or trusted. She may even come to see sexuality as a tool by which she can manipulate other people and get something.
