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iverglas

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2. truly excellent article
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 08:50 PM
Jan 2012

And I took it personally.

Women's own sexual cues, conditioned by constant exposure to male-oriented sexual stimuli. It disturbs me tremendously that some such stimuli are cues for me, and that certain other stimuli aren't.

Is there deprogramming available?

I can't think of anything else I might have been programmed to do or think or feel that involved much effort to cast off -- religion, for instance. This is whole different ball of, er, wax, isn't it? How do you even begin to stop exposing yourself to a stream of male-oriented sexual stimuli? Turn the TV off permanently to start with ...

I wonder whether pointing out that all these liberated porn users are really just Pavlov's dogs (and that they actually do have choice in the matter and it ain't biology at all) would give them pause. Not likely.

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Excellent article. CrispyQ Jan 2012 #1
1 month old. i think as a society we are feeding a perversion. and like with rape seabeyond Jan 2012 #3
I like to hope it will get better over time. redqueen Jan 2012 #5
truly excellent article iverglas Jan 2012 #2
I don't know about deprogramming, I think the only solution provided redqueen Jan 2012 #6
Interesting. BlueIris Jan 2012 #4
It really is. redqueen Jan 2012 #7
Excellent article. snagglepuss Feb 2012 #8
Not so "Hairy" Potter: PassingFair Feb 2012 #9
That is a stretch One_Life_To_Give Feb 2012 #10
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