Posted on 07/24/2013 10:06:16 PM PDT by Yossarian
The lewd behavior that New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner engaged in suggests he is struggling with more than bad behavior and could be dealing with a variety of issues driving his problematic sexual behavior, experts said.
But doctors, clinical psychologists and sex therapists differ on the role of biology, as well as issues such as anxiety, depression and insecurity.
Fred Berlin, director of the Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said many of his patients exhibit behavior similar to Weiner’s, although he and other experts cautioned that they could not speak to the former congressman’s specific situation.
“It’s driven behavior,” said Berlin, a psychiatrist who has been treating patients for more than 30 years. “People are feeling they are pushed to act a certain way even though their intellect and their conscience may be telling them otherwise.”
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His personal political theory was based on an idealization of Cicero. It was probably unworkable.
The view you are referencing comes from In Principia or On Principalities, known in the west as The Prince. That work details not Machiavelli's own precepts but those of Cesar Borgia, the fifteenth century warlord son of Pope Alexander XI and brother of Lucrezia Borgia.
LOL! If Jesse jackson gets a hold of him he may have similar fears.
He’s a perv Jim.
“A. Weiner was born this way, and needs to be accepted for his sexual orientation. Acceptance must be without judgement, both from his wife and the public.”
No. Sane and rational people do not need to accept the trappings of mental illness.
I think he tires of being the ‘beard’.
Thanks for that. I love trivia.
If he drops out, look for Huma to take over.
5150 insane hold; unless sane females get down on penis..
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