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SOME people seem to develop exotic addictions. At one time addicts were limited to alcohol and hard drugs, but then soft drugs like tobacco and cannabis were added. Now sex is included, since Tiger Woods was treated in a clinic.

The British media were talking about Wayne Rooney as the greatest footballer in the world earlier this year, but now he is in the doldrums – some of the media are writing about him and Tiger as if they are washed up.

Addiction to sex is not something new. There was always nymphomania, but that applied only to women. People would say, with a nod and wink, that the male equivalent was “just a bit of a lad”. Such men were admired and envied. Apologists for Woods and Rooney are currently blaming the publicity for their loss of performance.