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Does anyone else feel this quiet repulsion to sex? I think it's an adverse effect of having grown up on the internet and consuming media that generally reduces sex to something cheap and exploitative. I read a lot of books growing up that had men engage in sex unfeelingly,(1/n)
always showcasing men who were hypersexual and only used women to satiate biological needs. And these books always had this callous representation of women as shallow, clinging onto men who didn't really want them and in general lacking of self respect. (2/n)
It might also have to do with the fact that my consent has been violated so many times, in so many inexplicable ways, having men only see me as tits and vagina. Also if you've paid attention, there's an increase in the amount of violence that's been introduced to sex where(3/n)
young girls are supposed to love being bitch slapped and choked or degraded because the internet preaches anything less than that and you're boring. Everytime I've been involved with another person, I've felt disconnected and disengaged because I'm lying there(4/n)
thinking I'm supposed to want it, but feeling like I'm out of my own body, guilty and ashamed for doing it and not liking it simultaneously. So on one hand I want to enjoy sex but at the same time I'm wondering if I want it or want to want it.(5/n)
I am genuinely concerned for girls younger than me when I see them engage in risky behavior because they've been groomed for sex from as young as 13 and behaving hyper sexual due to trauma and I'm terrified of the future.(6/n)
