Being stigmatied by sex is being marked by its meaning in a human life…

Andrea Dworkin
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Being stigmatied by sex is being marked by its meaning in a human life of loneliness and imperfection, where some pain is indelible. ✨ Andrea Dworkin (2009). Intercourse, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com
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Being stigmatied by sex is being marked by its meaning in a human life of loneliness and imperfection, where some pain is indelible. ✨ Andrea Dworkin (2009). Intercourse, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com

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