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When I first started writing erotica in 1999, I would often get the question, “What, exactly, is erotica?” Nowadays, in our post-Fifty Shades of Grey

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It's safe to assume that most people's first experiences with porn are less meaningful than their first experiences with sex. That said, they're almost

Before I gave oral sex for the first time, I had a lot of questions and worries. That's not so strange — most people worry about having any kind of sex

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