what preposition come after "obsessed"?
I'm a little confused about what preposition comes after adjective "obsessed"

As a society, we're obsessed by sex.
As a society, we're obsessed with sex.

which one is correct?

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what preposition come after "obsessed"?
I'm a little confused about what preposition comes after adjective "obsessed"

As a society, we're obsessed by sex.
As a society, we're obsessed with sex.

which one is correct?

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"obsessed with" is the correct phrase

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Both "obsessed with" and "obsessed by" are correct.  In fiction, "obsessed with" became more common after 1960.

Here is a Google N-gram.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=obsessed+with%2Cobsessed+by&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=16&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cobsessed%20with%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cobsessed%20by%3B%2Cc0

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It is correct to say "obsessed with" something. So, "As a society, we're obsessed with sex" would be correct.

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i saw it with "with" in a book

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with

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