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Confessions 2w
Any experience here getting past sexual shame? Like it always pops up for me whenever things are advancing and I just feel so unable to enjoy myself. I’m a straight man so I don’t think it’s related to the social messaging women and queer folks receive
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Anonymous 2w

honestly i feel like something that really helped me was re-doing my sex education; i was raised with no real sex ed/abstinence only, so finding stuff like podcasts or other sources that are made for adults who didn’t receive sex education growing up was very helpful. i feel like being in spaces or communities where people speak very frankly and without any sort of moral value attached to sex has really helped me rewire my understanding of sexuality towards neutrality/even positivity

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Hey thanks a lot this is really helpful. I didn’t have any sort of religious pressure in my household, but there was zero talk about sex and my parents were good people but not affectionate with each other at all. I definitely struggle with feeling like I can’t go home at thanksgiving and look them in the eyes having been sexual, so I think more exposure to frank/neutral attitudes could be really helpful

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