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When porn becomes your only window into your sexuality

I'm gay and the porn I watch shows relationships that are nothing like what I actually want but it's the only representation I found growing up.

Laozi
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More people experience this than they realize.

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The artificial representation shapes authentic desire before authentic desire has a chance to emerge naturally from genuine experience and connection.

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