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" I kind of wish, even after I fired back at him, there was still an opportunity for him to have that conversation with me. Maybe if he had said 'This [porn] will skew the way you view women. It's not real. And it's not going to help you get a girl; it's only going to keep you from interacting with girls in a healthy manner', that might have made a difference for me. But my parents were to fearful to actually deal with any of it. "

Peggy Orenstein , Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity


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Peggy Orenstein quote : I kind of wish, even after I fired back at him, there was still an opportunity for him to have that conversation with me. Maybe if he had said 'This [porn] will skew the way you view women. It's not real. And it's not going to help you get a girl; it's only going to keep you from interacting with girls in a healthy manner', that might have made a difference for me. But my parents were to fearful to actually deal with any of it.