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Why choosing abstinence is seen as a problem to solve

I've been celibate for three years after my divorce and I like it but my friends act like I'm broken and need fixing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural assumptions about sexual necessity can pathologize periods of chosen celibacy as dysfunction rather than valid life phases.

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